It was found that jenkins-ssh-slaves-plugin before version 1.15 did not perform host key verification, thereby enabling Man-in-the-Middle attacks.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2648
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96985
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-03-20/
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2018-07-27
Updated: 2026-06-17
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS: 0.00042