CVE-2016-0790

Publication date 7 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 do not use a constant-time algorithm to verify API tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine API tokens via a brute-force approach.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jenkins 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.3 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N


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