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A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.153 and earlier, LTS 2.138.3 and…

Priority LOW 34CWE-835Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 8 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-835.

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.153 and earlier, LTS 2.138.3 and earlier in CronTab.java that allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to have a request handling thread enter an infinite loop.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02751 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven): 2.138.4, 2.154Red Hat: 1 fixed, 8 without a fix

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.main:jenkins-core (Maven)before 2.138.42.138.4Patch availableGHSA-9cjv-93g7-c6mv
—org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven)2.140 to before 2.1542.154Patch availableGHSA-9cjv-93g7-c6mv
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.138.4 Fixed in 2.138.4 Patch available GHSA-9cjv-93g7-c6mv
  • org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.140 to before 2.154 Fixed in 2.154 Patch available GHSA-9cjv-93g7-c6mv

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*up to 2.138.3VulnerableJenkins
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*up to 2.153VulnerableJenkins
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.11VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions up to 2.138.3 Vulnerable ·Jenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions up to 2.153 Vulnerable ·Jenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.11 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-9cjv-93g7-c6mv org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Fixed in 2.138.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-9cjv-93g7-c6mv org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Fixed in 2.154 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed—
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1000864
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9cjv-93g7-c6mv

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