CVE-2017-2648: Improper Certificate Validation

May 13, 2022 (updated January 30, 2024)

It was found that jenkins-ssh-slaves-plugin before version 1.15 does not perform host key verification, thereby enabling Man-in-the-Middle attacks.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96985
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2648
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x654-4wjh-74q6
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-03-20/
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2648

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