CVE-2016-9299

highpriority · act · 83EPSS 0.969 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

96.9% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-90USprimaryCWE-90US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/misc/jenkins_ldap_deserializeJenkins CLI HTTP Java Deserialization Vulnerabilityweaponized · metasploit
EDB-44642Jenkins CLI - HTTP Java Deserialization (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
r00t4dm/Jenkins-CVE-2016-9299r00t4dm/Jenkins-CVE-2016-9299PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
fedoraproject fedora= 25nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jenkins jenkins≤ 2.19.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jenkins jenkins≤ 2.31nvdUScpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core< 2.19.3osvUSpkg:maven/org.jenkins-ci.main/jenkins-core
Maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core2.20 → 2.32osvUSpkg:maven/org.jenkins-ci.main/jenkins-core

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-2x9h-h3c4-wqqhImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query in Jenkins2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-01-12modified 2026-06-17

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references (30)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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