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TI-2021-04781 Aliases CVE-2021-21701GHSA-hr8p-76q8-fxwq

XML external entity injection in Jenkins Performance Plugin

Priority LOW 32CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Jenkins Performance Plugin 3.20 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01726 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JenkinsJenkins Performance Pluginup to 3.20—No fix listedCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:performance (Maven)up to 3.20—No fix listedGHSA-hr8p-76q8-fxwq
  • Jenkins Performance Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 3.20 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:performance (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 3.20 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-hr8p-76q8-fxwq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:performance:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 3.20VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:performance:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 3.20 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-21701
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hr8p-76q8-fxwq

References

Advisory 4

Other 2

Sources

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