CVE-2016-3721

jenkins: Arbitrary build parameters are passed to build scripts as environment variables (SECURITY-170)

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2 might allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary build parameters into the build environment via environment variables.

Jenkins en versiones anteriores a 2.3 y LTS en versiones anteriores a 1.651.2 podría permitir a usuarios remotos autenticados inyectar parámetros de construcción arbitrarios en el entorno de construcción a través de variables del entorno.

OpenShift Enterprise by Red Hat is the company's cloud computing Platform- as-a-Service solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. Jenkins is a continuous integration server that monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a software project or jobs run by cron. Security Fix: The Jenkins continuous integration server has been updated to upstream version 1.651.2 LTS that addresses a large number of security issues, including open redirects, a potential denial of service, unsafe handling of user provided environment variables and several instances of sensitive information disclosure.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-03-30 CVE Reserved
2016-05-17 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-06-16 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-17: DEPRECATED: Code

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/02/3	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html	2024-07-03
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1206	2024-07-03
https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Plugins+affected+by+fix+for+SECURITY-170	2024-07-03
https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-05-11	2024-07-03
https://www.cloudbees.com/jenkins-security-advisory-2016-05-11	2024-07-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3721	2016-08-24
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335415	2016-08-24

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift"				3.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift" and version "3.1"		enterprise		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift"				3.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift" and version "3.2"		enterprise		Affected
Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins"		Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins"				<= 1.651.1 Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins" and version " <= 1.651.1"		lts		Affected
Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins"		Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins"				<= 2.2 Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins" and version " <= 2.2"		-		Affected