OS Command Injection in Pipeline: Groovy - CVE-2022-25173
Published: February 16, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU60633
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25173
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Pipeline: Groovy
Pipeline: Groovy
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin uses the same checkout directories for distinct SCMs when reading the script file (typically Jenkinsfile) for Pipelines. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-25173
Install updates from vendor's website.