Link following in Jenkins
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 10 fixed, 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
Jenkins 2.554 and earlier, LTS 2.541.2 and earlier does not safely handle symbolic links during the extraction of .tar and .tar.gz archives, allowing crafted archives to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem, restricted only by file system access permissions of the user running Jenkins. This can be exploited to deploy malicious scripts or plugins on the controller by attackers with Item/Configure permission, or able to control agent processes.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins | Jenkins | — | 2.555, 2.541.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) | before 2.555 | 2.555 | Patch available | GHSA-r6qv-frpc-q66c |
- Jenkins VendorJenkins Affected — Fixed in 2.555, 2.541.3 Patch available CNA
- org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.555 Fixed in 2.555 Patch available GHSA-r6qv-frpc-q66c
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Jenkins (Jenkins Project) Fixed in 2.555, 2.541.3
- Fix · GHSA-r6qv-frpc-q66c org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Fixed in 2.555 Advisory →
Red Hat 10 advisories
- RHSA-2026:10214 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.16 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:10215 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.18 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:10213 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.17 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
Show 7 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:10211 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.14 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:10209 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.12 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:10206 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.19 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:10205 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.20 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:10204 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.15 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:10201 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.13 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:10199 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.21 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.21 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Jenkins — Jenkins Security Advisory 2026-03-18
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-25450 Origin validation error in JenkinsPriority LOW 35
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10209 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10201 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10211 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10204 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10214 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10213 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10215 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10206 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10205 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.21 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10199 |
Not affected: 10 products
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.21
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-33001
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r6qv-frpc-q66c
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More Jenkins vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-15885 Path traversal in Jenkins KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-14573 Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-04472 The Fingerprints pages in Jenkins before 1.638 and LTS before 1.625.2 might allow remote… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-07596 The remoting module in Jenkins before 2.32 and LTS before 2.19.3 allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-33001 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-33001 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r6qv-frpc-q66c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-33001 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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