High

Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Libraries Plugin does not prohibit symbolic links in shared libraries

  • Disclosed: 27.05.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Libraries Plugin 797.v90ea_a_9b_e45a_0 and earlier does not prohibit symbolic links in shared libraries.

This allows attackers able to control the content of a library used by a Pipeline job to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller filesystem.

Pipeline: Groovy Libraries Plugin 798.v5cc688825312 prohibits symbolic links in shared libraries.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) io.jenkins.plugins:pipeline-groovy-lib < 798.v5cc688825312 798.v5cc688825312

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-59
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
io.jenkins.plugins:pipeline-groovy-lib
Disclosed
27.05.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-qjq3-wqj5-g37q - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: io.jenkins.plugins:pipeline-groovy-lib

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
5
First → latest
10.2022 06.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 3
  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 2
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 3
  1. Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-57283 < 4331.4333 4331.4333
  2. Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Libraries Plugin does not prohibit symbolic links in shared libraries this entry
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-48921 < 798.v5cc688825312 798.v5cc688825312
  3. High · 8.8 CVE-2022-43406 < 613.v9c41a_160233f 613.v9c41a_160233f

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