CVE-2018-1000864

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5

6.5

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.153 and earlier, LTS 2.138.3 and earlier in CronTab.java that allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to have a request handling thread enter an infinite loop.

CVSS v3: 6.5
EG Score: 6.5(low)
EPSS: 52.8%
KEV: Not listed

Published

December 10, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (6)

cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106176
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0024
cve@mitrehttps://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-12-05/#SECURITY-1193
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106176
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0024
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-12-05/#SECURITY-1193

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
redhat	jenkins-0:2.138.4.1544416383-1.el7	2019-01-10	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)

Maven(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in	Dependents
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core	2.140 ... 2.153 (17 versions)	2.154	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Red HatRHBA-2019:0024MODERATE2018-12-05
RHBA-2019:0024 — Moderate

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:38 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-27 13:38 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 13:42 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-23 02:42 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-23 02:42 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-1000864?

CVE-2018-1000864 is a medium vulnerability published on December 10, 2018. A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.153 and earlier, LTS 2.138.3 and earlier in CronTab.java that allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to have a request handling thread enter an infinite loop.

When was CVE-2018-1000864 disclosed?

CVE-2018-1000864 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 10, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2018-1000864 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-1000864 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 52.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-1000864?

CVE-2018-1000864 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD). The EG score is currently aggregating — additional source signals are being incorporated as they become available..

How do I remediate CVE-2018-1000864?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-1000864, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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