Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an unauthenticated remote code execution.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Now (action score 99/100)
- CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Oct 2, 2025). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Oct 23, 2025.
- A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 99.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.9% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) 2.57, 2.46.2.
Patch today or shut off access. Upgrade to org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) 2.57, 2.46.2 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an unauthenticated remote code execution. An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability allowed attackers to transfer a serialized Java `SignedObject` object to the Jenkins CLI, that would be deserialized using a new `ObjectInputStream`, bypassing the existing blacklist-based protection mechanism. We're fixing this issue by adding `SignedObject` to the blacklist. We're also backporting the new HTTP CLI protocol from Jenkins 2.54 to LTS 2.46.2, and deprecating the remoting-based (i.e. Java serialization) CLI protocol, disabling it by default.
- Published
- Jan 29, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 99.7% · 100th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-502
Report tools
Action score
99
Now
Patch today or shut off access.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 30 / 30 · Listed
- EPSS
- 30 / 30 · 99.7%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Actively exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Oct 2, 2025. That signals real attacks, not theory.
Remediation deadline for government agencies: Oct 23, 2025.
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What does it mean in your environment?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| jenkins | jenkins | cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins |
| oracle | communications cloud native core automated test suite | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- jenkins jenkinsup to 2.56 inclusive
- jenkins jenkinsup to 2.46.1 inclusive
- oracle communications cloud native core automated test suite1.9.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | from 2.50 · before 2.57 | 2.57 |
| Maven | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | before 2.46.2 | 2.46.2 |
Same product
jenkins: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-23897Jenkins 2.441 and earlier, LTS 2.426.2 and earlier does not disable a feature of its CLI command parser that replaces an '@' character folloKEV99Now
- CVE-2018-1000861A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153 and earlier, LTS 2.138.3 and earlier in stapler/corKEV98Now
- CVE-2016-9299The remoting module in Jenkins before 2.32 and LTS before 2.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized 68This week
- CVE-2015-5317The Fingerprints pages in Jenkins before 1.638 and LTS before 1.625.2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive job and build name inKEV67This week
- CVE-2015-8103The Jenkins CLI subsystem in Jenkins before 1.638 and LTS before 1.625.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ser65This week
- CVE-2016-0792Multiple unspecified API endpoints in Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code60This week
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | 2.46.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | 2.57 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
- Nuclei detection template ×1
- Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×2
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | dos | 2017-05-05 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/linux/http/jenkins_cli_deserializationJenkins CLI Deserializationexploit | 2017-04-26 |
| Nuclei detection template | Nuclei template CVE-2017-1000353 | — |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:57 | 2019-04-12 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:3 | 2022-10-12 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Metasploit-279 d
- First PoC-270 d
- Published
- CISA KEV+2802 d
- TodayOct 13, 2026+3179 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted DataCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
Data received over the network is deserialized into the language’s native object format without verifying its source. Code paths inside the object can be triggered during deserialization.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-502 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
payload = sock.recv(65536)job = pickle.loads(payload)Fixed
payload = sock.recv(65536)if not hmac.compare_digest(sign(payload), header_sig): raise PermissionError("invalid signature")job = JobSchema.validate(json.loads(payload))Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.