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CVE-2016-0792

88
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0792 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting multiple unspecified API endpoints in Jenkins versions prior to 1.650 and LTS versions prior to 1.642.2. This flaw, related to XStream and groovy.util.Expando, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by submitting malicious serialized data within an XML file. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it presents a low-complexity attack vector that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit modules exist, including a Metasploit module and entries on ExploitDB, indicating readily available exploit code. Despite the high EPSS score and FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.649CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
<= 1.642.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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
83.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Jenkins XStream Groovy classpath Deserialization Vulnerability · Feb 24, 2016
ExploitDB: EDB-43375 · Dec 19, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8326 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 17,805 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 (37)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 1.650
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 1.642.2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: activemq-0:5.9.0-6.redhat.611463.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: jenkins-0:1.651.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: libcgroup-0:0.40.rc1-18.el6_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-broker-0:1.16.3.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-broker-util-0:1.37.6.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-cron-0:1.25.4.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-diy-0:1.26.2.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-haproxy-0:1.31.6.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-jbosseap-0:2.27.4.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-jbossews-0:1.35.5.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-jenkins-0:1.29.2.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-jenkins-client-0:1.26.1.1-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-mongodb-0:1.26.2.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-mysql-0:1.31.3.3-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-nodejs-0:1.33.1.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-perl-0:1.30.2.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-php-0:1.35.4.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-python-0:1.34.3.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-ruby-0:1.32.2.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-msg-node-mcollective-0:1.30.2.2-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-node-proxy-0:1.26.3.1-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: openshift-origin-node-util-0:1.38.7.1-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: rhc-0:1.38.7.1-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: rubygem-openshift-origin-admin-console-0:1.28.2.1-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: rubygem-openshift-origin-controller-0:1.38.6.4-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: rubygem-openshift-origin-frontend-haproxy-sni-proxy-0:0.5.2.1-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: rubygem-openshift-origin-msg-broker-mcollective-0:1.36.2.4-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: rubygem-openshift-origin-node-0:1.38.6.4-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2Fixed in: rubygem-openshift-origin-routing-daemon-0:0.26.6.1-1.el6op
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1Fixed in: jenkins-0:1.642.2-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1Fixed in: jenkins-plugin-credentials-0:1.24-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1Fixed in: jenkins-plugin-durable-task-0:1.7-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1Fixed in: jenkins-plugin-kubernetes-0:0.5-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1Fixed in: jenkins-plugin-openshift-pipeline-0:1.0.9-1.el7
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Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-45rg-g72w-r393high

Jenkins allows Deserialization of Untrusted Data via an XML File

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-0792Important

jenkins: Remote code execution through remote API (SECURITY-247)

Feb 24, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:0711
wiki.jenkins-ci.org / display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-02-24
PatchVendor Advisory
contrastsecurity.com / security-influencers/serialization-must-die-act-2-xstream
Exploit
exploit-db.com / exploits/42394
exploit-db.com / exploits/43375