Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3725

Description

Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2 allows remote authenticated users to trigger updating of update site metadata by leveraging a missing permissions check. NOTE: this issue can be combined with DNS cache poisoning to cause a denial of service (service disruption).

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreMaven	< 2.3	2.3

Affected products

Jenkins/Jenkins2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.2
- cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*range: <=1.651.1
Red Hat/Openshift2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-59fm-6x3q-q3q5ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3725ghsaADVISORY
wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-05-11nvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
www.cloudbees.com/jenkins-security-advisory-2016-05-11nvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.htmlnvdWEB
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1206nvdWEB

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