FKIE_CVE-2021-21696

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-04 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:36
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Jenkins 2.318 and earlier, LTS 2.303.2 and earlier does not limit agent read/write access to the libs/ directory inside build directories when using the FilePath APIs, allowing attackers in control of agent processes to replace the code of a trusted library with a modified variant. This results in unsandboxed code execution in the Jenkins controller process.
References
jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.comhttps://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-11-04/#SECURITY-2423Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-11-04/#SECURITY-2423Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
jenkins jenkins *
jenkins jenkins *
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