CVE-2017-2608 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Jenkins

What is CVE-2017-2608?

CVE-2017-2608 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 15 May 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins before versions 2.44, 2.32.2 is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability involving the deserialization of various types in javax.imageio in XStream-based APIs (SECURITY-383).

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2608?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2608?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.32.2 or 2.44.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2017-2608 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fwqr-3pvp-pjwq.