Medium

Link Following in Jenkins Pipeline Multibranch Plugin

  • Disclosed: 16.02.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

Jenkins Pipeline: Multibranch Plugin prior to 2.23.1, 2.26.1, 696.698.v9b4218eea50f, and 707.v71c3f0a_6ccdb_ follows symbolic links to locations outside of the checkout directory for the configured SCM when reading files using the readTrusted step, allowing attackers able to configure Pipelines permission to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-multibranch >= 2.24, < 2.26.1, < 2.23.1, >= 696.v52535c46f4c9, < 696.698.v9b4218eea50f, >= 706.vd43c65dec013, < 707.v71c3f0a 2.26.1, 2.23.1, 696.698.v9b4218eea50f, 707.v71c3f0a

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-59
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-multibranch
Disclosed
16.02.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-2m9w-9xh2-wxc3 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-multibranch

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
02.2022 02.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 2
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
  1. High · 8.8 CVE-2022-25175 < 707.v71c3f0a_6ccdb 707.v71c3f0a_6ccdb
  2. Link Following in Jenkins Pipeline Multibranch Plugin this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2022-25179 >= 2.24, < 2.26.1, < 2.23.1, >= 696.v52535c46f4c9, < 696.698.v9b4218eea50f, >= 706.vd43c65dec013, < 707.v71c3f0a 2.26.1, 2.23.1, 696.698.v9b4218eea50f, 707.v71c3f0a

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