CVE-2024-23897
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Path traversal · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
9.8CVSS CRITICAL ● exploited ⚠ ransomware
🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
⚠ Known use in ransomware campaigns. Added to KEV 2024-08-19. US federal agencies must patch by 2024-09-09.
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)94%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3314Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.htmlAdvisory
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/Exploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.htmlAdvisory