Description
Jenkins versions 2.88 and earlier and 2.73.2 and earlier stores metadata related to 'people', which encompasses actual user accounts, as well as users appearing in SCM, in directories corresponding to the user ID on disk. These directories used the user ID for their name without additional escaping, potentially resulting in problems like overwriting of unrelated configuration files.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101773
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-11-08/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.3
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
37.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (3)
jenkins/jenkins
< 2.73.2
jenkins/jenkins
< 2.88
org.jenkins-ci.main/jenkins-core
0 - 2.73.3Maven
Published
Jan 26, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026