CVE-2016-3727 Jenkins Exposes Sensitive Information via API URL

What is CVE-2016-3727?

CVE-2016-3727 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 17 May 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The API URL computer/(master)/api/xml in Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2 allows remote authenticated users with extended read permission for the master node to obtain sensitive information about the global configuration via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3727?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core. It affects 2 products.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins, Redhat Openshift.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3727?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 1.651.2 or 2.3.

Is CVE-2016-3727 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3727 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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Also known as GHSA-6cr3-cm5h-8q96.