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title: CVE-2016-3727
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3727
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# CVE-2016-3727

Publication date 17 May 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

**4.3 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3727#impact-score)

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## Description

The API URL computer/(master)/api/xml in Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before
1.651.2 allows remote authenticated users with extended read permission for
the master node to obtain sensitive information about the global
configuration via unspecified vectors.

## 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**

4.3 · Medium

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 4.3 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3727)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3727)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-3727)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3727)

### Other references

* <https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-05-11>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3727>