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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2016-3721 json

Jenkins allows Remote Users to Inject Build Parameters

published 2016-05-17 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-qf2h-h3xq-j93j , EUVD-2016-4741

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2 might allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary build parameters into the build environment via environment variables.

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-2016-3721 updated cvss 4.0

jenkins: Arbitrary build parameters are passed to build scripts as environment variables (SECURITY-170)

  • 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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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
>=1.660, <2.3
<1.651.2
2.3
1.651.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-17 DEPRECATED: Code
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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