CVE-2017-1000356
Cross-Site Request Forgery in Jenkins
Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an issue in the Jenkins user database authentication realm: create an account if signup is enabled; or create an account if the victim is an administrator, possibly deleting the existing default admin user in the process and allowing a wide variety of impacts.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an issue in the Jenkins user database authentication realm: create an account if signup is enabled; or create an account if the victim is an administrator, possibly deleting the existing default admin user in the process and allowing a wide variety of impacts.
- Record
CVE-2017-1000356- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an issue in the Jenkins user database authentication realm: create an account if signup is enabled; or create an account if the victim is an administrator, possibly deleting the existing default admin user in the process and allowing a wide variety of impacts.
- Record
CVE-2017-1000356- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3116 No score
Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an issue in the Jenkins user database authentication realm: create an account if signup is enabled; or create an account if the victim is an administrator, possibly deleting the existing default admin user in the process and allowing a wide variety of impacts.
- Record
EUVD-2022-3116- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-85wq-pqhp-hmq6
Cross-Site Request Forgery in Jenkins
Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an issue in the Jenkins user database authentication realm: create an account if signup is enabled; or create an account if the victim is an administrator, possibly deleting the existing default admin user in the process and allowing a wide variety of impacts.
- Record
GHSA-85wq-pqhp-hmq6- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an issue in the Jenkins user database authentication realm: create an account if signup is enabled; or create an account if the victim is an administrator, possibly deleting the existing default admin user in the process and allowing a wide variety of impacts.
- Record
CVE-2017-1000356- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-85wq-pqhp-hmq6
Cross-Site Request Forgery in Jenkins
Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an issue in the Jenkins user database authentication realm: create an account if signup is enabled; or create an account if the victim is an administrator, possibly deleting the existing default admin user in the process and allowing a wide variety of impacts.
- Record
GHSA-85wq-pqhp-hmq6- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreMaven |
2.50 to 2.56 | 2.57 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreMaven |
through 2.46.1 | 2.46.2 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreMaven |
2.50 up to 2.57, plus listed versions 2.512.522.532.542.552.56 |
2.57 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreMaven |
before 2.46.2, plus listed versions 1.3961.3971.3981.3991.400 Show 45 moreShow less1.4011.4031.4041.4051.4061.4071.4081.4091.409.11.409.21.409.31.4101.4111.4121.4131.4141.4151.4161.4171.4181.4191.4201.4211.4221.4231.4241.424.11.424.21.424.31.424.41.424.51.424.61.4251.4261.4271.4281.4291.4301.4311.4321.4331.4341.4351.4361.437 |
2.46.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-1000356 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Jenkins, published January 29, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.96%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 2.57.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/98062
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-04-26
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000356
github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/23f4809e6c10a221e9d67f2e841536845387b42d
Left out here: 338 versions. The JSON record has them.