CVE-2023-43496 (GCVE-0-2023-43496)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-20 16:06 – Updated: 2025-05-02 15:32
VLAI
Summary
Jenkins 2.423 and earlier, LTS 2.414.1 and earlier creates a temporary file in the system temporary directory with the default permissions for newly created files when installing a plugin from a URL, potentially allowing attackers with access to the system temporary directory to replace the file before it is installed in Jenkins, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:26 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Jenkins Project Jenkins Unaffected: 2.424 , < * (maven)
Unaffected: 2.414.2 , < 2.414.* (maven)
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