Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin up to 2.13.1 on Jenkins Controller File System path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin up to 2.13.1 on Jenkins. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Controller File System Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-45381. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin up to 2.13.1 on Jenkins (Jenkins Plugin) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Controller File System Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Jenkins Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin 2.13.1 and earlier does not restrict the set of enabled prefix interpolators and bundles versions of Apache Commons Configuration library that enable the 'file:' prefix interpolator by default, allowing attackers able to configure Pipelines to read arbitrary files from the Jenkins controller file system.

The weakness was shared 11/15/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at jenkins.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-45381 since 11/14/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

11/14/2022 🔍
11/15/2022 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jenkins.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-45381 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-45381
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213719

Entryinfo

Created: 11/15/2022 22:43
Updated: 04/30/2025 17:31
Changes: 11/15/2022 22:43 (39), 12/18/2022 16:38 (12), 04/30/2025 17:31 (15)
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