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TI-2022-13004 Aliases CVE-2022-30948GHSA-5786-3qjg-mr88

Path traversal in Jenkins Mercurial Plugin

Priority LOW 36CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Jenkins Mercurial Plugin 2.16 and earlier allows attackers able to configure pipelines to check out some SCM repositories stored on the Jenkins controller's file system using local paths as SCM URLs, obtaining limited information about other projects' SCM contents.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01521 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Jenkins Mercurial Plugin (Jenkins project): 2.15.1org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven): 2.16.1Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JenkinsJenkins Mercurial Pluginup to 2.162.15.1Patch availableCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven)before 2.16.12.16.1Patch availableGHSA-5786-3qjg-mr88
  • Jenkins Mercurial Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 2.16 Fixed in 2.15.1 Patch available CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.16.1 Fixed in 2.16.1 Patch available GHSA-5786-3qjg-mr88

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:mercurial:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*before 2.16.1VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:mercurial:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions before 2.16.1 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Jenkins Mercurial Plugin (Jenkins project) Fixed in 2.15.1
  • Fix · GHSA-5786-3qjg-mr88 org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven) Fixed in 2.16.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2023:0017 Released 2023-01-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.8.56 packages and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 jenkins-2-plugins-4.8.1672842762-1.el8, jenkins-2.361.1.1672840472-1.el8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8Fixed RHSA-2023:0017
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-30948
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5786-3qjg-mr88

References

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • TI-2022-21205 Information disclosure in Jenkins Mercurial Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2020-02182 XML external entity injection in Jenkins Mercurial Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2018-15765 An improper authorization vulnerability exists in Jenkins Mercurial Plugin version 2.2… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2020-02183 Missing authorization in Jenkins Mercurial Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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