01 Record
CVE-2017-2648
It was found that jenkins-ssh-slaves-plugin before version 1.15 did not perform host key verification, thereby enabling Man-in-the-Middle attacks.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score6.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
It was found that jenkins-ssh-slaves-plugin before version 1.15 did not perform host key verification, thereby enabling Man-in-the-Middle attacks.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-07-27 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 14:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-12-01
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b98c9fd94de12041b6753b5833073775d151e00b2a1cb5d6baec6f0ba73c09da
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com96985http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96985
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2648
- jenkins.iohttps://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-03-20/