9.8
Critical
Exploited
· ransomware
CVE-2024-23897 Jenkins Command Line Interface (CLI) Path Traversal Vulnerability
Active exploitation observed
· CISA KEV catalogue
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware campaigns
Known to be used
Weakness
CWE-27
Description
Jenkins 2.441 and earlier, LTS 2.426.2 and earlier does not disable a feature of its CLI command parser that replaces an '@' character followed by a file path in an argument with the file's contents, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system.
Affected products and versions
References
- Jenkins Security Advisory 2024-01-24 www.jenkins.io
- www.sonarsource.com www.sonarsource.com
- www.openwall.com www.openwall.com
- packetstormsecurity.com packetstormsecurity.com
- packetstormsecurity.com packetstormsecurity.com
Timeline
- Published
- Added to the KEV catalogue
- Last modified
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