Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU158578

Path traversal in Jenkins and Jenkins LTS - CVE-2026-117616

Published: November 2, 2026

Vulnerability identifier: #VU158578

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-117616

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in agent names. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and overwrite arbitrary files on the system, leading to arbitrary code execution.

Affected software

Jenkins
Jenkins LTS

How to mitigate CVE-2026-117616

Install updates from vendor's website.

Jenkins - update to 2.588
Jenkins LTS - update to 2.580.2

External References

https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2026-10-28/

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