Jenkins 2.587 and earlier, LTS 2.580.1 and earlier checks for symbolic links in the path of an extracted file only before creating its parent directories, not immediately before writing it, and allows symbolic links in artifacts to replace existing files or empty directories, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to write files to arbitrary locations on the Jenkins controller file system.
History

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Title Unchecked Symlink Processing Allows Arbitrary File Write in Jenkins

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Title Symlink-Based Arbitrary File Write in Jenkins Artifact Extraction
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-22

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Title Symlink-Based Arbitrary File Write in Jenkins Artifact Extraction
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-22

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Jenkins
Jenkins jenkins
Jenkins Project
Jenkins Project jenkins
Vendors & Products Jenkins
Jenkins jenkins
Jenkins Project
Jenkins Project jenkins

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description Jenkins 2.587 and earlier, LTS 2.580.1 and earlier checks for symbolic links in the path of an extracted file only before creating its parent directories, not immediately before writing it, and allows symbolic links in artifacts to replace existing files or empty directories, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to write files to arbitrary locations on the Jenkins controller file system.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jenkins

Published: 2026-10-28T16:48:31.962Z

Updated: 2026-10-28T16:48:31.962Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T13:10:56.914Z

Link: CVE-2026-117617

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-28T17:18:21.037

Modified: 2026-11-02T15:08:36.050

Link: CVE-2026-117617

cve-icon Redhat

No data.