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CVE-2017-2648

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2648 describes a critical vulnerability in the jenkins-ssh-slaves-plugin prior to version 1.15, where the absence of host key verification allowed for Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its potential, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:ssh_slaves:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0142 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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:ssh-slavesFixed in: 1.15

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-x654-4wjh-74q6medium

Jenkins SSH Build Agents Plugin did not verify host keys

May 13, 2022

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
jenkins.io / security/advisory/2017-03-20
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96985
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry