Protection Mechanism Failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Libraries plugin

1) Protection Mechanism Failure

EUVDB-ID: #VU68598

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 8.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43405

CWE-ID: CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient implementation of security measures. A remote user can bypass the sandbox protection and execute arbitrary code in the context of the Jenkins controller JVM.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Pipeline: Shared Groovy Libraries: 612.v84da_9c54906d

External links

http://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-10-19/#SECURITY-2824%20(2)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/19/3

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.