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CVE-2019-16561

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16561 describes a vulnerability in Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin versions 1.6.1 and earlier, allowing authenticated users with read access to disable critical SSL/TLS certificate and hostname validation across the entire Jenkins master JVM. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) has a low attack complexity and could lead to high confidentiality impact and low integrity impact. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the flaw remains a potential risk for affected Jenkins instances.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:websphere_deployer:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-46rr-87h4-f5q6high

SSL/TLS certificate validation globally and unconditionally disabled by Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin

May 24, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2019-12-17
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory