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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-9299

Jenkins Jenkins Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')

Published Nov 16, 2016 · catalog updated Nov 16, 2016 · Jenkins Jenkins

Patch now

CVE-2016-9299 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Jenkins Jenkins against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
96.94%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Jenkins Jenkins

The remoting module in Jenkins before 2.32 and LTS before 2.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object, which triggers an LDAP query to a third-party server.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Jenkins Jenkinsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-9299

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-9299 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Jenkins Jenkins against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 96.94%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 16, 2016 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The remoting module in Jenkins before 2.32 and LTS before 2.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object, which triggers an LDAP query to a third-party server.

  2. Nov 16, 2016 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-9299

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-9299

    30-day exploitation probability 96.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-9299

    The remoting module in Jenkins before 2.32 and LTS before 2.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object, which triggers an LDAP query to a third-party server.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.