VDB-386336 · CVE-2026-70436 · GCVE-0-2026-70436

Jenkins Project External Workspace Manager Plugin up to 1.4.1 privileges management

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4.3	$0-$5k	0.58

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Jenkins Project External Workspace Manager Plugin up to 1.4.1. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-70436. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Jenkins Project External Workspace Manager Plugin up to 1.4.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Jenkins External Workspace Manager Plugin 1.4.1 and earlier does not perform a permission check (1.4.0 and earlier) or performs an improper permission check (1.4.1) when providing access to externally-managed workspaces through the workspace browser, allowing attackers with Overall/Read permission to read files in workspaces they are not authorized to access.

The advisory is shared for download at jenkins.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-70436 since 08/04/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/05/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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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Productinfo

Type

Continuous Integration Software

Vendor

Jenkins Project

Name

External Workspace Manager Plugin

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

08/04/2026 CVE reserved
08/05/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
08/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jenkins.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-70436 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-70436
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-386336

Entryinfo

Created: 08/05/2026 20:10
Changes: 08/05/2026 20:10 (52)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103