Path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Matrix Project Plugin

published 2024-01-24 2 y ago modified 2026-08-07 3 mo ago also GHSA-cjgm-9vc9-56mx , EUVD-2024-0334

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Matrix Project Plugin 822.v01b_8c85d16d2 and earlier does not sanitize user-defined axis names of multi-configuration projects, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to create or replace any config.xml files on the Jenkins controller file system with content not controllable by the attackers.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1 links 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:matrix-project 822.824.v14451b

jenkins ocp tools 4.15 2.440.3.1718879390-3.el8
jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.15 4.15.1718879538-1.el8
jenkins ocp tools 4.13 2.440.3.1716445150-3.el8
jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.13 4.13.1716445207-1.el8
jenkins ocp tools 4.12 2.440.3.1716445200-3.el8
jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.12 4.12.1716445211-1.el8
jenkins ocp tools 4.14 2.440.3.1716387933-3.el8
jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.14 4.14.1716388016-1.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:4597 RHSA-2024:3636 RHSA-2024:3635 RHSA-2024:3634

github.com/jenkinsci/matrix-project-plugin@f7a5b24 commit

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-2024-23900 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 4.6

jenkins-2-plugins: matrix-project plugin path traversal vulnerability

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jenkins, jenkins-2-plugins
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12 jenkins 2.440.3.1716445200-3.el8, jenkins-2-plugins 4.12.1716445211-1.el8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3635
Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.13 jenkins 2.440.3.1716445150-3.el8, jenkins-2-plugins 4.13.1716445207-1.el8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3636
Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.14 jenkins 2.440.3.1716387933-3.el8, jenkins-2-plugins 4.14.1716388016-1.el8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3634
Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.15 jenkins 2.440.3.1718879390-3.el8, jenkins-2-plugins 4.15.1718879538-1.el8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4597

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-02-20)

Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
GitHub	3.1	4.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:matrix-project	<822.824.v14451b	822.824.v14451b

Affected products

Jenkins Project Jenkins Matrix Project Plugin

Classification

Weakness

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

References

github.com /jenkinsci/matrix-project-plugin/commit/f7a5b24905f69896234da34250171c1be80cddb4
web
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3289
vendor-advisory, web
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6
web, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23900
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/matrix-project-plugin
package

Sources

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Summary