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CVE-2019-16555
Published:December 17, 2019
Updated:July 21, 2026
A user-supplied regular expression in Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer Plugin 1.24.1 and earlier was processed in a way that wasn't interruptible, allowing attackers to have Jenkins evaluate a regular expression without the ability to interrupt this process.
Affected Packages
com.sonyericsson.jenkins.plugins.bfa:build-failure-analyzer (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.2.0 <1.24.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.24.2
Related Resources (4)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16555
https://github.com/jenkinsci/build-failure-analyzer-plugin/commit/f316c885552ac75289cbb11b2af5757f18784bcb
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-12-17/#SECURITY-1651
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CWE-1333
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-400
EPSS
Base Score:
1.08