Path traversal in Jenkins build-publisher Plugin

published 2022-09-21 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-jrqh-c9v8-ccx9 , EUVD-2022-6861

cvss: 5.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Build-Publisher Plugin 1.22 and earlier allows attackers with Item/Configure permission to create or replace any config.xml file on the Jenkins controller file system by providing a crafted file name to an API endpoint.

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/jenkins-infra/update-center2#644 pull request

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 17 mo ago (2025-05-28)

Exploit prediction

1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.1	5.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
GitHub	3.1	5.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:build-publisher	<=1.22	no fix listed

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins Build-Publisher Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

github.com /jenkins-infra/update-center2/pull/644
web
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2022-09-21/#SECURITY-2139
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41231
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary