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Critical · 9.8 Known exploited · Ransomware Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2024-23897 BIT-jenkins-2024-23897EUVD-2024-0270GHSA-6f9g-cxwr-q5jr

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

Published Jan 24, 2024 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by jenkins

Vendor: Jenkins Project Product: Jenkins Package: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Category: Web / CMS Ecosystem: Maven

Description

Jenkins 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Jenkins Project Jenkins — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Ocp Tools 4 jenkins 2.426.3.1706515686-3.el8 RHSA-2024:0778, RHSA-2024:0776, RHSA-2024:0775
Red Hat Ocp Tools 4 jenkins-2-plugins 4.11.1706516946-1.el8 RHSA-2024:0778, RHSA-2024:0776, RHSA-2024:0775

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 52 repositories · most starred shown

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

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Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core >= 1.606, < 2.426.3 2.426.3 GHSA-6f9g-cxwr-q5jr
Maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core >= 2.427, < 2.440.1 2.440.1 GHSA-6f9g-cxwr-q5jr
Maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core >= 2.441, < 2.442 2.442 GHSA-6f9g-cxwr-q5jr

Advisories 6

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