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CVE-2017-1000245

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1000245 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Jenkins SSH Plugin, where user passwords and SSH key passphrases are stored in plaintext within a configuration file. This allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely access sensitive credentials, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems. While rated with a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:ssh:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:sshFixed in: 2.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-5gmf-8gh2-hhfpcritical

Jenkins SSH Plugin user passwords for encrypted SSH keys stored in plaintext

May 13, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2017-07-10
Third Party Advisory