CVE-2026-48921 (GCVE-0-2026-48921)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 14:13 – Updated: 2026-05-27 18:35
VLAI
Summary
Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Libraries Plugin 797.v90ea_a_9b_e45a_0 and earlier does not prohibit symbolic links in shared libraries, allowing attackers able to control the content of a library used by a Pipeline job to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller filesystem.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-27 15:38 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
jenkins CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 132 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Jenkins Project Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Libraries Plugin Affected: 0 , ≤ 797.v90ea_a_9b_e45a_0 (maven)
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