In Jenkins 2.587 and earlier, LTS 2.580.1 and earlier, the HTTP endpoint for creating the first user account does not check whether the set…

published 2026-10-28 11 d ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-112183

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Jenkins 2.587 and earlier, LTS 2.580.1 and earlier, the HTTP endpoint for creating the first user account does not check whether the setup wizard has been completed, resulting in a race condition that allows unauthenticated attackers to create an administrator account while the initial user account is being replaced.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Jenkins Project Jenkins 2.588

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-2026-117618 updated 2026-11-05 cvss 8.1

jenkins: Jenkins: Unauthorized administrator account creation via setup wizard race condition

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 3 d ago (2026-11-05)

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Jenkins Project Jenkins

Classification

Weakness

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

Technology feeds

Jenkins rss critical rss

References

jenkins.io /security/advisory/2026-10-28/#SECURITY-4122
vendor-advisory, mitigation

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-117618
NVD CVE-2026-117618

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Summary