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TI-2017-14710 Aliases CVE-2017-1000502GHSA-wp79-cpv2-9g7m

Users with permission to create or configure agents in Jenkins 1.37 and earlier could…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
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-78.

Summary

Users with permission to create or configure agents in Jenkins 1.37 and earlier could configure an EC2 agent to run arbitrary shell commands on the master node whenever the agent was supposed to be launched. Configuration of these agents now requires the 'Run Scripts' permission typically only granted to administrators.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01595 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ec2 (Maven): 1.38

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ec2 (Maven)before 1.381.38Patch availableGHSA-wp79-cpv2-9g7m
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ec2 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.38 Fixed in 1.38 Patch available GHSA-wp79-cpv2-9g7m

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:ec2:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 1.37VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:ec2:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 1.37 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-wp79-cpv2-9g7m org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ec2 (Maven) Fixed in 1.38 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-1000502
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wp79-cpv2-9g7m

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2019-07673 Jenkins Amazon EC2 Plugin 1.43 and earlier wrote the beginning of private keys to the Jenkins system log. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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