CVE-2022-45381

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Jenkins Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin 2.13.1 and earlier does not restrict the set of enabled prefix interpolators and bundles versions of Apache Commons Configuration library that enable the 'file:' prefix interpolator by default, allowing attackers able to configure Pipelines to read arbitrary files from the Jenkins controller file system.

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin: before 2.13.2 — fixed in 2.13.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Jenkins project Jenkins Pipeline Utility Steps Plugin 2.13.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/15/4
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-11-15/#SECURITY-2949
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/15/4
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-11-15/#SECURITY-2949

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