6.5

CVE-2018-1000864: jenkins Infinite Loop

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-9cjv-93g7-c6mv
Published 10-12-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1000864 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in jenkins. EPSS estimates a 2.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.75%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHBA-2019:0024

Timeline

  1. 10-12-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.153 and earlier, LTS 2.138.3 and earlier in CronTab.java that allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to have a request handling thread enter an infinite loop.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.75% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Jenkins1 product
Org.jenkins-ci.main1 product
  • jenkins-core< 2.138.4 | ≥ 2.140, < 2.154
Redhat1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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