4.3
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-70427
Jenkins Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability
Description

Jenkins 2.575 and earlier, LTS 2.568.1 and earlier does not safely handle symbolic links with effectively empty names during the extraction of `.tar` and `.tar.gz` archives, allowing attackers able to control agent processes to provide crafted archives to the controller to write files to arbitrary locations on the file system, restricted only by file system access permissions of the user running Jenkins.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 5, 2026, 6:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 5, 2026, 7:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Solution
Update Jenkins to a version that addresses archive extraction vulnerabilities related to symbolic links.
  • Update Jenkins to a non-vulnerable version.
  • Ensure agent processes are secure.
  • Restrict archive upload permissions.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2026-08-05/#SECURITY-3930
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 05, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-59
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-70427', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-08-05T18:25:33.385273Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 05, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'Jenkins Project', 'product': 'Jenkins', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '2.576', 'lessThan': '*', 'versionType': 'maven'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '2.568.2', 'lessThan': '2.568.*', 'versionType': 'maven'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}]
    Added Description Jenkins 2.575 and earlier, LTS 2.568.1 and earlier does not safely handle symbolic links with effectively empty names during the extraction of `.tar` and `.tar.gz` archives, allowing attackers able to control agent processes to provide crafted archives to the controller to write files to arbitrary locations on the file system, restricted only by file system access permissions of the user running Jenkins.
    Added Reference https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2026-08-05/#SECURITY-3930
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.