Path traversal in Jenkins ThinBackup Plugin
Priority LOW 31CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Jenkins ThinBackup Plugin 2.1.4 and earlier allows overwriting the plugin's backup configuration through Stapler data binding, allowing attackers to redirect backup writes to an attacker-specified directory and to include arbitrary files from the Jenkins controller file system in backups.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00377 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-84667
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mm9g-xfj4-25r6
References
Advisory 1
More Jenkins vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-15885 Path traversal in Jenkins KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-84667 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-84667 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mm9g-xfj4-25r6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences