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GHSA-6q4g-84f3-mw74 BIT-jenkins-2021-21682 CVE-2021-21682

Improper handling of equivalent directory names on Windows in Jenkins

Medium Maven
Severity
6.3 / 10
Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploit chance (EPSS)
1.00%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 62.79% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-42 Path Equivalence: 'filename.' (Trailing Dot)
Fix
2.315
Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to this version or later

Description

Jenkins stores jobs and other entities on disk using their name shown on the UI as file and folder names.

On Windows, when specifying a file or folder with a trailing dot character (example.), the file or folder will be treated as if that character was not present (example). As both are legal names for jobs and other entities in Jenkins 2.314 and earlier, LTS 2.303.1 and earlier, this could allow users with the appropriate permissions to change or replace configurations of jobs and other entities.

Jenkins 2.315, LTS 2.303.2 does not allow names of jobs and other entities to end with a dot character.

Affected versions

Maven

PackageVulnerableFixed in
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
>= 2.304, < 2.315
2.315
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
< 2.303.2
2.303.2

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven → 2.315

maven
<dependency><groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId><artifactId>jenkins-core</artifactId><version>2.315</version></dependency>
gradle
implementation("org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core:2.315")

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.1 6.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Weakness

CWE-42: Path Equivalence: 'filename.' (Trailing Dot)

The product accepts path input in the form of trailing dot ('filedir.') without appropriate validation, which can lead to ambiguous path resolution and allow an attacker to traverse the file system to unintended locations or access arbitrary files.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-6f9g-cxwr-q5jr
Arbitrary file read vulnerability through the Jenkins CLI can lead to RCE
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GHSA-8pqx-3rxx-f5pm
Jenkins discloses project names via fingerprints
High Known exploited Also affects org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
GHSA-26wc-3wqp-g3rp
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Jenkins
Critical Known exploited Also affects org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
CVE-2018-1000861
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Jenkins
Critical Known exploited Also affects org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
GHSA-m6wv-wh8g-64xc
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Medium Also affects org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
GHSA-93qh-vwrm-c5pw
Jenkins: Stored XSS vulnerability in node offline cause description
Medium Also affects org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
GHSA-92m7-4fpw-2wxm
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Medium Also affects org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
GHSA-g28p-6mcc-v4rv
Jenkins exposes other users' timezone and view names to users with Overall/Read permission
Medium Also affects org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
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