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CVE-2016-4986

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4986 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting the TAP plugin (versions prior to 1.25) in Jenkins, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high confidentiality impact. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for unauthorized file access remains a significant concern.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:tap:*:*:*:*:*: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
3.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0301 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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 (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.tap4j:tapFixed in: 1.25

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-24jc-w55j-5p83high

Jenkins TAP Plugin allows Path Traversal

May 13, 2022

References

wiki.jenkins-ci.org / display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-06-20
Vendor Advisory