Medium

Jenkins Matrix Authorization Strategy Plugin: Unsafe deserialization allows invocation of parameterless constructors

  • Disclosed: 29.04.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:20

Jenkins Matrix Authorization Strategy Plugin 2.0-beta-1 through 3.2.9 (both inclusive) invokes parameterless constructors of classes specified in configuration when deserializing inheritance strategies, without restricting the classes that can be instantiated.

This can be abused by attackers with Item/Configure permission to instantiate arbitrary types, which may lead to information disclosure or other impacts depending on the classes available on the classpath.

Matrix Authorization Strategy Plugin 3.2.10 verifies that the class being instantiated is an inheritance strategy implementation, preventing instantiation of arbitrary types.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.jenkins-ci.plugins:matrix-auth >= 2.0-beta-1, < 3.2.10 3.2.10

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-502
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:matrix-auth
Disclosed
29.04.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 13:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jp9r-mmhw-vff3 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:matrix-auth

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
3
First → latest
05.2022 04.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 2
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 1
  1. Jenkins Matrix Authorization Strategy Plugin: Unsafe deserialization allows invocation of parameterless constructors this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-42521 >= 2.0-beta-1, < 3.2.10 3.2.10

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