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Fencer Intel
medium 4.3

CVE-2016-3727 json

Jenkins Exposes Sensitive Information via API URL

published 2016-05-17 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-6cr3-cm5h-8q96 , EUVD-2016-4744

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

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-2016-3727 updated cvss 4.0

jenkins: Granting the permission to read node configurations allows access to overall system configuration (SECURITY-281)

  • 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

2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.