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CVE-2017-2599

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2599 describes an insufficient permission check in Jenkins versions prior to 2.44 and 2.32.2. This flaw allows authenticated users with item creation privileges to overwrite existing items, even if they lack direct access to those items. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.4, the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0114 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 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-7r4h-2h23-6jq9medium

Incorrect Authorization in Jenkins

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-2599Moderate

jenkins: Items could be created with same name as existing item (SECURITY-321)

Feb 1, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/4ed5c850b6855ab064a66d02fb338f366853ce89
PatchThird Party Advisory
jenkins.io / security/advisory/2017-02-01
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95949
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry