#VU85786 Improper access control in Jenkins and Jenkins LTS - CVE-2024-23897
Published: January 25, 2024 / Updated: October 30, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85786
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23897
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerable software:
Jenkins
Jenkins LTS
Jenkins
Jenkins LTS
Software vendor:
Jenkins
Jenkins
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected application does not disable a feature of its CLI command parser that replaces an "@" character followed by a file path in an argument with the file’s contents. A remote attacker can read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system, leading to arbitrary code execution.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.