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Path traversal vulnerability on Windows in Jenkins

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 22, 2023

Package

maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven)

Affected versions

<= 2.303.1
>= 2.304, <= 2.314

Patched versions

2.303.2
2.315

Description

The file browser for workspaces, archived artifacts, and userContent/ in Jenkins 2.314 and earlier, LTS 2.303.1 and earlier may interpret some paths to files as absolute on Windows.

This results in a path traversal vulnerability allowing attackers with Overall/Read permission (Windows controller) or Job/Workspace permission (Windows agents) to obtain the contents of arbitrary files.\n\nThe file browser in Jenkins 2.315, LTS 2.303.2 refuses to serve files that would be considered absolute paths.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 6, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Dec 15, 2022
Last updated Dec 22, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.101%
(42nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-21683

GHSA ID

GHSA-4pw5-r58h-fv24

Source code

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