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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-42521 EUVD-2026-26222GHSA-jp9r-mmhw-vff3

Jenkins Matrix Authorization Strategy Plugin: Unsafe deserialization allows invocation of parameterless constructors

Published Apr 29, 2026 · Updated Apr 29, 2026 · Assigned by jenkins

Description

Jenkins Matrix Authorization Strategy Plugin 2.0-beta-1 through 3.2.9 (both inclusive) invokes parameterless constructors of classes specified in configuration when deserializing inheritance strategies, without restricting the classes that can be instantiated, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to instantiate arbitrary types, which may lead to information disclosure or other impacts depending on the classes available on the classpath.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Jenkins Project Jenkins Matrix Authorization Strategy Plugin 2.0-beta-1 – ≤ 3.2.9 —

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.

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling jenkins-2-openjdk-21 2.560-r1 —
Wolfi rolling jenkins-2-openjdk-25 2.563-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:matrix-auth >= 2.0-beta-1, < 3.2.10 3.2.10 GHSA-jp9r-mmhw-vff3

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