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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2022-45381 json

Arbitrary file read vulnerability in Jenkins Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin

published 2022-11-15 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3g9q-cmgv-g4p6 , EUVD-2022-7209

cvss
8.1
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

Summary

Jenkins Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin 2.13.1 and earlier does not restrict the set of enabled prefix interpolators and bundles versions of Apache Commons Configuration library that enable the 'file:' prefix interpolator by default, allowing attackers able to configure Pipelines to read arbitrary files from the Jenkins controller file system.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-utility-steps 2.13.2
  • jenkins pipeline_utility_steps 2.13.2
  • jenkins openshift 4.9 2.361.1.1675668150-1.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins openshift 4.9 4.9.1675668922-1.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins openshift 4.10 4.10.1675144701-1.el8

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

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-2022-45381 updated cvss 8.1

jenkins-plugin/pipeline-utility-steps: Arbitrary file read vulnerability in Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin

  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services jenkins-2-plugins
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jenkins-2-plugins
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • 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 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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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.44% 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 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-utility-steps
<2.13.2
2.13.2

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin

Classification

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

References

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.