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Fencer Intel
medium 6.5

CVE-2016-3724 json

Jenkins Exposes Sensitive Information from Job Configuration

published 2016-05-17 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-7vvj-qqvj-h8mc , EUVD-2016-4742

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2 allow remote authenticated users with extended read access to obtain sensitive password information by reading a job configuration.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 1.651.2, 2.3
  • rhc openshift 2.0 1.38.7.1-1.el6op
  • jenkins openshift 2.0 1.651.2-1.el6op
  • activemq openshift 2.0 5.9.0-6.redhat.611463.el6op
  • libcgroup openshift 2.0 0.40.rc1-18.el6_8
  • ImageMagick openshift 2.0 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
  • libcgroup-pam openshift 2.0 0.40.rc1-18.el6_8
  • activemq-client openshift 2.0 5.9.0-6.redhat.611463.el6op
  • ImageMagick-perl openshift 2.0 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1773RHSA-2016:1206

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-3724 updated cvss 4.0

jenkins: Encrypted secrets (e.g. passwords) were leaked to users with permission to read configuration (SECURITY-266)

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2 jenkins 1.651.2-1.el7, jenkins-plugin-openshift-pipeline 1.0.12-1.el7 Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 jenkins 1.651.2-1.el7, jenkins-plugin-openshift-pipeline 1.0.12-1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1206
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Client 2.2 rhc 1.38.7.1-1.el6op Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Infrastructure 2.2 activemq 5.9.0-6.redhat.611463.el6op, openshift-origin-broker 1.16.3.2-1.el6op, activemq-client 5.9.0-6.redhat.611463.el6op, openshift-origin-broker-util 1.37.6.2-1.el6op, rubygem-openshift-origin-controller 1.38.6.4-1.el6op, rubygem-openshift-origin-admin-console 1.28.2.1-1.el6op, +2 more Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise JBoss EAP add-on 2.2 openshift-origin-cartridge-jbosseap 2.27.4.2-1.el6op Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Node 2.2 jenkins 1.651.2-1.el6op, ImageMagick 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, libcgroup 0.40.rc1-18.el6_8, libcgroup-pam 0.40.rc1-18.el6_8, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, activemq 5.9.0-6.redhat.611463.el6op, +19 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1773

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Exploit prediction

2.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
>=1.652, <2.3
<1.651.2
2.3
1.651.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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