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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-16555

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.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-16555

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Dec 2019, 15:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2019-16555
Complete source record
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  "id": "9061bd5dae66eae2ffe6fb59570a2fe132aa861df310695ab770980f43e8f965",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16555",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-16555",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-16555",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-16555",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-16555",
        "GHSA-2hhc-f86x-x74f"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/build-failure-analyzer-plugin",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "28b85be0b20e4e1456a371ee621ba1a71cfea774"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:build_failure_analyzer:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "last_affected": "1.24.1"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          ],
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            "build-failure-analyzer-1.13.3",
            "build-failure-analyzer-1.13.2",
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            "build-failure-analyzer-1.12.1",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16555.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:20.349525677Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-12-17/#SECURITY-1651"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-16555",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430245,
  "published_at": "2019-12-17T15:15:16.707+00:00"
}