CVE-2024-23897

9.8 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: January 24, 2024 Modified: October 24, 2025
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Description

Jenkins 2.441 and earlier, LTS 2.426.2 and earlier does not disable a feature of its CLI command parser that replaces an '@' character followed by a file path in an argument with the file's contents, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.html
Source: jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
Source: jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6
Source: jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com
Mailing List
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3314
Source: jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com
Vendor Advisory
https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/
Source: jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com
Exploit Press/Media Coverage
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3314
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Press/Media Coverage
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/the-anatomy-of-a-jenkins-vulnerability-cve-2024-23897-revealed-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23897
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
94.5%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2024-09-09

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22 CWE-27

Affected Vendors

jenkins

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