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CVE-2016-3721

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3721 describes a vulnerability in Jenkins versions prior to 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2, allowing authenticated users to inject arbitrary build parameters into the build environment. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and requires authentication, potentially leading to high integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
<= 1.651.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
<= 2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0212 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (36)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 2.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 1.651.2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: jenkins-0:1.651.2-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: jenkins-plugin-openshift-pipeline-0:1.0.12-1.el7
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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-0:1.651.2-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1Fixed in: jenkins-plugin-openshift-pipeline-0:1.0.12-1.el7
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Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-qf2h-h3xq-j93jmedium

Jenkins allows Remote Users to Inject Build Parameters

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-3721Moderate

jenkins: Arbitrary build parameters are passed to build scripts as environment variables (SECURITY-170)

May 11, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1206
wiki.jenkins-ci.org / display/JENKINS/Plugins+affected+by+fix+for+SECURITY-170
Vendor Advisory
wiki.jenkins-ci.org / display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-05-11
Vendor Advisory
cloudbees.com / jenkins-security-advisory-2016-05-11
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/05/02/3