Vulnerability record

CVE-2018-1000861

Jenkins Stapler Web Framework Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Jenkins Stapler Web Framework, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Aug 10, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153 and earlier, LTS 2.138.3 and earlier in stapler/core/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/stapler/MetaClass.java that allows attackers to invoke some methods on Java objects by accessing crafted URLs that were not intended to be invoked this way.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsSource
JenkinsJenkins<= 2.138.3; <= 2.153NVD
Jenkins Stapler Web FrameworkJenkins—KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2018-1000861 scored CVSS 9.8: Jenkins Jenkins Stapler Web Framework, Jenkins Stapler Web Framework Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Jenkins Stapler Web Framework systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References