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CVE-2017-2652

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2652 describes a critical vulnerability in the Jenkins Distributed Fork plugin, versions 1.5.0 and earlier. This flaw allows authenticated users with basic read permissions to execute arbitrary shell commands on all connected Jenkins nodes due to a lack of proper permission checks for the 'dist-fork' CLI command. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) of affected systems. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit intelligence available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:distributed_fork:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
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 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0142 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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:distforkFixed in: 1.6.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-2cm5-f78c-h2c8high

Missing permission checks in Jenkins Distributed Fork Plugin

May 13, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2017-03-20
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96980
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry