CVE-2026-117618
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 28, 2026 at 04:48 PM UTC
Updated: November 2, 2026 at 03:02 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorJenkins
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor AdvisoryMitigation
Source: cverecord
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2026-10-28/#SECURITY-4122CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-362
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