CVE-2024-23897

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9.8 /10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

J

enkins 2.441 and earlier, LTS 2.426.2 and earlier does not disable a feature of its CLI command parser that replaces an '@' character followed by a file path in an argument with the file's contents, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system.

References
Link Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6 Mailing List
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3314 Vendor Advisory
https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/ Exploit Press/Media Coverage
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6 Mailing List
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3314 Vendor Advisory
https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/ Exploit Press/Media Coverage
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/the-anatomy-of-a-jenkins-vulnerability-cve-2024-23897-revealed-1 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23897 US Government Resource
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
History

24 Oct 2025, 14:49

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References () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23897 - () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23897 - US Government Resource

21 Oct 2025, 23:16

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References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23897 -

21 Oct 2025, 20:20

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References
  • {'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23897', 'source': '134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0'}

21 Oct 2025, 19:20

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23897 -

20 Dec 2024, 17:30

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/the-anatomy-of-a-jenkins-vulnerability-cve-2024-23897-revealed-1 - () https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/the-anatomy-of-a-jenkins-vulnerability-cve-2024-23897-revealed-1 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

21 Nov 2024, 08:58

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/the-anatomy-of-a-jenkins-vulnerability-cve-2024-23897-revealed-1 -
References () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6 - Mailing List () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6 - Mailing List
References () https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3314 - Vendor Advisory () https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3314 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/ - Exploit, Press/Media Coverage () https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/ - Exploit, Press/Media Coverage

20 Aug 2024, 13:34

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CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-22
References () https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/ - () https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/ - Exploit, Press/Media Coverage

19 Aug 2024, 16:35

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CWE CWE-27

14 May 2024, 15:01

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References
  • () https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/ -
Information

Published : 2024-01-24 18:15

Updated : 2025-10-24 14:49

NVD link : CVE-2024-23897

Mitre link : CVE-2024-23897

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-23897

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Products Affected

jenkins

CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-27

Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename'