Buffer overflow in Jenkins WMI Windows Agents plugin

published 2022-05-17 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-xhw3-wmx2-76wf , EUVD-2022-5802

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins WMI Windows Agents Plugin 1.8 and earlier includes the Windows Remote Command library which has a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow users able to connect to a named pipe to execute commands on the Windows agent machine.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:windows-slaves 1.8.1
jenkins wmi_windows_agents 1.8.1

github.com/jenkinsci/windows-slaves-plugin@4638cf0 commit

Exploit prediction

1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.1	4.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:windows-slaves	<1.8.1	1.8.1

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins WMI Windows Agents Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

github.com /jenkinsci/windows-slaves-plugin/commit/4638cf0e56caf839eadfdf0fab545abd2a9ac65e
web
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2022-05-17/#SECURITY-2604
web, vendor-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/8
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30950
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/windows-slaves-plugin
package

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