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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.6

CVE-2018-1000151 json

Jenkins vSphere Plugin disables SSL/TLS certificate validation by default

published 2018-04-05 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-vq7p-f4fv-rr5x , EUVD-2022-5407

cvss
5.6
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A man in the middle vulnerability exists in Jenkins vSphere Plugin 2.16 and older in VSphere.java that disables SSL/TLS certificate validation by default.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:vsphere-cloud 2.17

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:vsphere-cloud
<2.17
2.17

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

Sources

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