Symlink Attack Affecting org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core package, versions [,2.303.3) [2.304,2.319)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.3% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGJENKINSCIMAIN-1911969
  • published 5 Nov 2021
  • disclosed 4 Nov 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to version 2.303.3, 2.319 or higher.

Overview

org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core is an open source automation server.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack. An incorrect permissions validation vulnerability was found in Jenkins. The FilePath#listFiles lists files outside directories with agent read access when following symbolic links. This may allow an attacker to get access to restricted data.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

8.8 high
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Red Hat

9 critical