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jenkins: Jenkins core bundled vulnerable version of the commons-httpclient library (SECURITY-555)

Published Jan 26, 2018

Description

Jenkins 2.73.1 and earlier, 2.83 and earlier bundled a version of the commons-httpclient library with the vulnerability CVE-2012-6153 that incorrectly verified SSL certificates, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. This library is widely used as a transitive dependency in Jenkins plugins. The fix for CVE-2012-6153 was backported to the version of commons-httpclient that is bundled in core and made available to plugins.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 26, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Nov 29, 2017
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Oct 11, 2017
GHSA-FQ9F-9WV9-RFMG