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CVE-2017-2611

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2611 describes an insufficient permission check vulnerability in Jenkins versions prior to 2.44 and 2.32.2, affecting Jenkins, OpenShift, and Red Hat products. This flaw allows authenticated users with read access to trigger background processes like workspace and fingerprint cleanup, potentially causing a denial of service due to increased load on Jenkins master and agents. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 4.3), it requires low privileges and network access but has a low impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:2.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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:N/I:N/A:L

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 21,977 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 (3)

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-3297-944x-j7x7medium

Incorrect Authorization in Jenkins Core

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-2611Moderate

jenkins: Insufficient permission check for periodic processes (SECURITY-389)

Feb 1, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/97a61a9fe55f4c16168c123f98301a5173b9fa86
Third Party Advisory
jenkins.io / security/advisory/2017-02-01
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95956
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry