TI-2017-01899 Aliases CVE-2017-2649 GHSA-vcgj-j8c5-2h52

Improper certificate validation in Jenkins Active Directory Jenkins plugin

LOW 37CWE-295Published 2018-07-27 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

It was found that the Active Directory Plugin for Jenkins up to and including version 2.2 did not verify certificates of the Active Directory server, thereby enabling Man-in-the-Middle attacks.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00947 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven): 2.3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Jenkins	Active Directory Jenkins plugin	up to 2.2	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven)	before 2.3	2.3	Patch available	GHSA-vcgj-j8c5-2h52

Active Directory Jenkins plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 2.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.3 Fixed in 2.3 Patch available GHSA-vcgj-j8c5-2h52

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:active_directory::::::jenkins::*	up to 2.2	Vulnerable	Jenkins

cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:active_directory:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 2.2 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-vcgj-j8c5-2h52 org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven) Fixed in 2.3 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-2649
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vcgj-j8c5-2h52

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-03-20

TI-2020-02178 Improper authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-02177 Improper authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-02176 Improper authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-15854 Improper certificate validation in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.4
TI-2026-36178 Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.41 and earlier deserializes data from LDAP referrals without validation. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6
TI-2026-36177 Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.41 and earlier follows LDAP referrals by default. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6

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Sources

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