Path traversal in Pipeline Utility Steps - CVE-2023-32981

Vulnerability identifier: #VU76236

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32981

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create or replace arbitrary files on the system.

Pipeline Utility Steps
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
cri-o (Red Hat package)
jenkins (Red Hat package)
openshift-clients (Red Hat package)
openshift (Red Hat package)
openshift-ansible (Red Hat package)
jenkins-2-plugins (Red Hat package)
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)

Install update from vendor's website.

Pipeline Utility Steps - update to 2.15.3
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.10.62
cri-o (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.23.5-16.rhaos4.10.gitbb2cc9a.el7, 1.23.5-16.rhaos4.10.gitbb2cc9a.el8
jenkins (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.401.1.1685677065-1.el8, 2.401.1.1686649641-3.el8, 2.401.1.1686831596-3.el8
openshift-clients (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.10.0-202306081029.p0.g3a7500d.assembly.stream.el7, 4.10.0-202306081029.p0.g3a7500d.assembly.stream.el8
openshift (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.10.0-202306081029.p0.g16bcd69.assembly.stream.el7, 4.10.0-202306081029.p0.g16bcd69.assembly.stream.el8
openshift-ansible (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.10.0-202306081029.p0.g72c7be6.assembly.stream.el7, 4.10.0-202306081029.p0.g72c7be6.assembly.stream.el8
jenkins-2-plugins (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.10.1685679861-1.el8, 4.11.1686831822-1.el8, 4.12.1686649756-1.el8
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-305.93.1.el8_4
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-305.93.1.rt7.168.el8_4

• https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-05-16/

• Path traversal in Jenkins Pipeline Utility Steps plugin
• OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12 update for jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins
• OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.11 update for jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins
• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.10