Path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins PWauth Security Realm Plugin

published 2023-01-24 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5xpc-c4xv-7w62 , EUVD-2023-0347

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins PWauth Security Realm Plugin 0.4 and earlier does not restrict the names of files in methods implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read permission to check for the existence of an attacker-specified file path on the Jenkins controller file system.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-04-02)

Exploit prediction

1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:pwauth	<=0.4	no fix listed

Affected products

Jenkins Project Jenkins PWauth Security Realm Plugin

Classification

Weakness

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

References

jenkins.io /security/advisory/2023-01-24/#SECURITY-2985
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24449
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