CVE-2017-2648
MEDIUM
6.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 27, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSSH Slaves
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Severity
MEDIUM6.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
SSH Slaves· Jenkinsjenkins-plugin
95%v < 1.151.15
Affected range stops below 1.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96985x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2648x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-03-20/CVSS
6.8MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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