CVE-2016-0792
Multiple unspecified API endpoints in Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via serialized data in an XML file, related to XStream and groovy.util.Expando.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 83.3%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Multiple unspecified API endpoints in Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via serialized data in an XML file, related to XStream and groovy.util.Expando.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 83.26% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 July 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- jenkins/jenkins · redhat/openshift
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 71.1% on 21 September 2026 to 83.3% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0711
- https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-02-24Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/serialization-must-die-act-2-xstreamExploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42394/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43375/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0711
- https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-02-24Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/serialization-must-die-act-2-xstreamExploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42394/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43375/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.