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title: "CVE-2016-0792\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-0792

Publication date 7 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0792?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Multiple unspecified API endpoints in Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before
1.642.2 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via
serialized data in an XML file, related to XStream and groovy.util.Expando.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| 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 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0792)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0792)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-0792)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0792)

### Other references

* <https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-02-24>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0792>