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CVE-2024-23897

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-23897 is a critical vulnerability affecting Jenkins 2.441 and earlier, and LTS 2.426.2 and earlier, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system due to a CLI command parser feature. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a low-complexity attack vector with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited, including in ransomware campaigns, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and has garnered significant community and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.426.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
< 2.442CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
100.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Aug 19, 2024
Metasploit: Jenkins cli Ampersand Replacement Arbitrary File Read · Jan 24, 2024
Nuclei: CVE-2024-23897 · Jan 28, 2024
ExploitDB: EDB-51993 · Apr 15, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 1.0000 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 2.440.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 2.426.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 2.442
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OCP-Tools-4.12-RHEL-8Fixed in: jenkins-0:2.426.3.1706515686-3.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OCP-Tools-4.13-RHEL-8Fixed in: jenkins-0:2.426.3.1706516254-3.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.11Fixed in: jenkins-0:2.426.3.1706516929-3.el8
View patch
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-6f9g-cxwr-q5jrcritical

Arbitrary file read vulnerability through the Jenkins CLI can lead to RCE

Jan 24, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-23897Critical

jenkins: Arbitrary file read vulnerability through the CLI can lead to RCE

Jan 9, 2024

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
vicarius.io / vsociety/posts/the-anatomy-of-a-jenkins-vulnerability-cve-2024-23897-revealed-1
ExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jenkins.io / security/advisory/2024-01-24
Vendor Advisory
sonarsource.com / blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins
ExploitPress/Media Coverage
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6
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