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CVE-2021-21698

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21698 describes a path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Subversion Plugin versions 2.15.0 and earlier. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller by manipulating the filename when requesting a Subversion key file from an agent. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high confidentiality impact, as it enables unauthorized access to sensitive information. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:subversion:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0207 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:subversionFixed in: 2.15.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: jenkins-2-plugins-0:3.11.1637699107-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6Fixed in: jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.6.1637602169-1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9Fixed in: jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.9.1637598812-1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.7.1637600997-1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8Fixed in: jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.8.1637599935-1.el8
View patch
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-q58j-fhj7-j6fgmedium

Path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Subversion Plugin allows reading arbitrary files

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2021-21698Moderate

jenkins-2-plugins/subversion: does not restrict the name of a file when looking up a subversion key

Nov 4, 2021

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2021-11-04
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/11/04/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory