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CVE-2012-4438

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4438 describes a critical vulnerability in Jenkins main before version 1.482 and LTS before 1.466.2, allowing remote attackers with read and HTTP access to the Jenkins master to inject data and execute arbitrary code. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its high FAUCET risk score indicates its potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.466.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
< 1.482CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0238 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 17,829 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 (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 1.466.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 1.482
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Enterprise 1Fixed in: jenkins

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-wr6p-j63r-xqhvhigh

Jenkins allows Data Insertion and Execution of Code by those with Read and HTTP Access

Apr 23, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-4438Moderate

Jenkins: core allows unprivileged users to insert data into Jenkins master

Sep 17, 2012

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-4438
Third Party Advisory
cloudbees.com / jenkins-security-advisory-2012-09-17
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/21/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory