CVE-2021-21607

jenkins: Excessive memory allocation in graph URLs leads to denial of service

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Jenkins 2.274 and earlier, LTS 2.263.1 and earlier does not limit sizes provided as query parameters to graph-rendering URLs, allowing attackers to request crafted URLs that use all available memory in Jenkins, potentially leading to out of memory errors.

Jenkins versiones 2.274 y anteriores, LTS versiones 2.263.1 y anteriores, no limitan tamaños proporcionados como parámetros de consulta hacia unas URL de representación de gráficos, permitiendo a atacantes pedir URL diseñadas que usan toda la memoria disponible en Jenkins, conllevando potencialmente a unos errores de memoria insuficiente.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.17. Issues addressed include cross site scripting, denial of service, deserialization, and traversal vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-04 CVE Reserved
2021-01-13 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-01-13/#SECURITY-2025	2023-10-25
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21607	2021-03-03
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925156	2021-03-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins"		Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins"				<= 2.263.1 Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins" and version " <= 2.263.1"		lts		Affected
Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins"		Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins"				<= 2.274 Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins" and version " <= 2.274"		-		Affected