CVE-2017-2613

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-770

Description

jenkins before versions 2.44, 2.32.2 is vulnerable to a user creation CSRF using GET by admins. While this user record was only retained until restart in most cases, administrators' web browsers could be manipulated to create a large number of user records (SECURITY-406).

Affected products

Jenkins: before 2.32.2; before 2.44 — fixed in 2.32.2, 2.44

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Jenkins 2.32.2, 2.44. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95967
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2613
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/b88b20ec473200db35d0a0d29dcf192069106601
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-02-01/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95967
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2613
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/b88b20ec473200db35d0a0d29dcf192069106601
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-02-01/

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