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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.9

CVE-2022-43402 json

Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin allows sandbox protection bypass and arbitrary code execution

published 2022-10-19 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-mqc2-w9r8-mmxm , EUVD-2022-7132

cvss
9.9
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A sandbox bypass vulnerability involving various casts performed implicitly by the Groovy language runtime in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin 2802.v5ea_628154b_c2 and earlier allows attackers with permission to define and run sandboxed scripts, including Pipelines, to bypass the sandbox protection and execute arbitrary code in the context of the Jenkins controller JVM.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps 2803.v1a_f77ffcc773
  • Jenkins project Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin 2746.2748.v365128b_c26d7, 2759.2761.vd6e8d2a_15980
  • jenkins openshift 4.9 2.361.1.1675668150-1.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins openshift 4.9 4.9.1675668922-1.el8
  • jenkins ocp tools 4.11 2.387.1.1683009763-3.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.11 4.11.1683009941-1.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins openshift 4.10 4.10.1675144701-1.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.12 4.12.1675702407-1.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:0777RHSA-2023:3198RHSA-2023:0560RHSA-2023:1064

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-43402 updated cvss 9.9

jenkins-plugin/workflow-cps: Sandbox bypass vulnerabilities in Pipeline: Groovy Plugin

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jenkins-2-plugins
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.11 for RHEL 8 jenkins-2-plugins 4.11.1683009941-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3198
  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12 jenkins-2-plugins 4.12.1675702407-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1064
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 jenkins-2-plugins 4.9.1675668922-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0777
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 jenkins-2-plugins 4.10.1675144701-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0560
  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.11 for RHEL 8 jenkins 2.387.1.1683009763-3.el8 Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12 jenkins 2.361.4.1675702346-3.el8 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 jenkins 2.361.1.1675668150-1.el8 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 cri-o 1.23.5-5.rhaos4.10.gitd9dec98.el7, cri-o 1.23.5-5.rhaos4.10.gitd9dec98.el8
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps
<2803.v1a_f77ffcc773
2803.v1a_f77ffcc773

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

References

Sources

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