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high 8.8

CVE-2022-23118 json

Agent-to-controller security bypass in Jenkins Debian Package Builder Plugin

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-8xjp-rp29-v5j8 , EUVD-2022-0536

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins Debian Package Builder Plugin 1.6.11 and earlier implements functionality that allows agents to invoke command-line `git` at an attacker-specified path on the controller, allowing attackers able to control agent processes to invoke arbitrary OS commands on the controller.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

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 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven ru.yandex.jenkins.plugins.debuilder:debian-package-builder
<=1.6.11
no fix listed

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins Debian Package Builder Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

References

Sources

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