Jenkins vSphere Plugin disables SSL/TLS certificate validation by default

MEDIUM 5.6CVE-2018-1000151 · GHSA-vq7p-f4fv-rr5x · Published 05/04/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-1000151 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.6) vulnerability affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:vsphere-cloud, vsphere (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.42%, higher than 36.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.17 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:vsphere-cloud Maven	`< 2.17`	`2.17`
vsphere jenkins	`≤ 2.16`	No fix yet

Description

A man in the middle vulnerability exists in Jenkins vSphere Plugin 2.16 and older in VSphere.java that disables SSL/TLS certificate validation by default. vSphere Plugin 2.17 now has SSL/TLS certificate validation enabled by default.

NVD description

A man in the middle vulnerability exists in Jenkins vSphere Plugin 2.16 and older in VSphere.java that disables SSL/TLS certificate validation by default.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000151 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/vsphere-cloud-plugin commit f0fb143 · WEB
jenkinsci/vsphere-cloud-plugin · PACKAGE
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-03-26 · WEB

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

org.jenkins-ci.plugins:vsphere-cloud

Maven

< 2.17

2.17

vsphere

jenkins

≤ 2.16

No fix yet

Description

NVD description

A man in the middle vulnerability exists in Jenkins vSphere Plugin 2.16 and older in VSphere.java that disables SSL/TLS certificate validation by default.

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