Arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Jenkins Speaks! Plugin

HIGH 8.8CVE-2017-1000403 · GHSA-5532-prrf-rf5x · Published 26/01/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-1000403 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:speaks, speaks! (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.95%, higher than 61.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:speaks Maven	`≤ 0.1.1`	No fix yet
speaks! jenkins	`≤ 0.1.1`	No fix yet

Description

Jenkins Speaks! Plugin, all current versions, allows users with Job/Configure permission to run arbitrary Groovy code inside the Jenkins JVM, effectively elevating privileges to Overall/Run Scripts.

NVD description

Jenkins Speaks! Plugin, all current versions, allows users with Job/Configure permission to run arbitrary Groovy code inside the Jenkins JVM, effectively elevating privileges to Overall/Run Scripts.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000403 · ADVISORY
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-10-11 · WEB
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-10-11 · Vendor Advisory

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