Speaks\!Application · Jenkins
CVE-2017-1000403
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedJenkins Speaks! Plugin, all current versions, allows users with Job/Configure permission to run arbitrary Groovy code inside the Jenkins JVM, effectively elevating privileges to Overall/Run Scripts.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Jenkins Speaks! Plugin contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where users with Job/Configure permission (typically limited to configuring specific job parameters) can execute arbitrary Groovy code within the Jenkins JVM. This grants them Overall/Run Scripts privileges, effectively giving them full administrative control over the Jenkins instance.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Speaks\!Application
<= 0.1.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify if Jenkins Speaks! plugin is installedNavigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab, or check the JENKINS_HOME/plugins directory for the 'speaks' folderAffected if The Jenkins Speaks! plugin folder exists or the plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Check the installed version of Jenkins Speaks!In the Installed Plugins tab, find Jenkins Speaks! and look at the Version column, or read the manifest file META-INF/MANIFEST.MF inside the speaks.hpi plugin fileAffected if The version is 0.1.1 or any version lower (e.g., 0.1.0, 0.0.x)
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Identify users with Job/Configure permissionNavigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage and Assign Roles > Manage Roles, or check authorization matrix configurations in Configure Global Security. Look for the 'Job/Configure' permission assignment.Affected if Any user or group other than known administrators has the Job/Configure permission
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Audit Jenkins logs for Groovy script executionsCheck JENKINS_HOME/logs/tasks/ or the main jenkins.log file for entries containing 'Groovy shell' or 'Run Scripts' or Executer.*Groovy, particularly from users with only Job/Configure permissionAffected if Log entries show script execution by users who should not have Overall/Run Scripts privileges
You are affected if the Jenkins Speaks! plugin is installed at version 0.1.1 or below AND any untrusted user has Job/Configure permission, or if you see unauthorized script executions in logs.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUntil a patched version is available, either remove/disable the Jenkins Speaks! Plugin if unused, or strictly limit Job/Configure permission to trusted users only. Monitor for any unauthorized script executions in Jenkins logs.
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Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-1000403 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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