CVE-2018-1000861

Status: AnalyzedCritical (9.8)⚠ Active exploitation

A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153 and earlier, LTS 2.138.3 and earlier in stapler/core/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/stapler/MetaClass.java that allows attackers to invoke some methods on Java objects by accessing crafted URLs that were not intended to be invoked this way.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 9.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 98%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 100
Score date: 9/29/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

CISA KEV — actively exploited

Added to catalog: 2/10/2022
Remediation due date: 8/10/2022
Known ransomware use: Unknown

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Primary impactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution90 %
Secondary impactT1565 Data Manipulationimpact70 %

Vector AV:N/PR:N sin interacción confirma T1190. CWE-502 (deserialización insegura) con acceso a URLs crafted permite invocar métodos Java no autorizados, logrando ejecución de código arbitrario (T1059) y potencial manipulación de datos.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Vulnerability Scanning Restrict Web-Based Content Restrict File and Directory Permissions Remote Data Storage

Affected technologies (2)

Jenkins — Jenkins Redhat — Openshift Container Platform

CWEs

CWE-502
CWE-502

References

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