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CVE-2017-2598

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2598 describes a vulnerability in Jenkins versions prior to 2.44 and 2.32.2, where secrets were encrypted using AES ECB block cipher mode without an Initialization Vector (IV), making them susceptible to cryptographic attacks. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) allows an authenticated attacker to potentially compromise the confidentiality of stored secrets with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.32.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 76th 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 2.32.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 2.44
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: jenkins
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3Fixed in: jenkins

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-r9q2-3r6x-qmgpmedium

Inadequate Encryption Strength in Jenkins

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-2598Moderate

jenkins: Use of AES ECB block cipher mode without IV for encrypting secrets (SECURITY-304)

Feb 1, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
github.com / jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/e6aa166246d1734f4798a9e31f78842f4c85c28b
Patch
jenkins.io / security/advisory/2017-02-01
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95948
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry