Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 11 fixed, 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-693.
Summary
Jenkins Script Security Plugin 1415.v9a_f9b_3a_c253d and earlier does not intercept operations performed on a null receiver (method calls, property and attribute accesses, and array accesses), allowing attackers with permission to define and run sandboxed scripts, including Pipelines, to bypass the sandbox protection and execute arbitrary code in the context of the Jenkins controller JVM.
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
Remediation
Red Hat 11 advisories
- RHSA-2026:88159 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease 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
- RHSA-2026:88158 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease 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-2026:88157 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease 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
Show 8 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:88156 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease 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-2026:88155 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease 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
- RHSA-2026:88154 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.22 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.22 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88153 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease 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-2026:88151 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease 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-2026:88152 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease 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-2026:88149 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease 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-2026:88150 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease 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
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Jenkins Script Security Plugin — Jenkins Security Advisory 2026-09-16
8 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-62221 Code injection in Jenkins Script Security PluginPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2026-62220 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security PluginPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2026-62218 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security PluginPriority MEDIUM 41
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 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88152 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88149 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88151 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88150 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88156 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88159 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88153 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88158 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88157 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.21 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88155 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.22 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88154 |
Not affected: 11 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
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.22
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-92123
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-83vw-vw7m-wjq2
- 2026-10-09 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-09 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88149 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88152 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88150 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88156 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88153 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88154 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88157 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88155 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88151 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88158 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88159 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 +8 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Advisory 1
More Jenkins Script Security vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2019-15845 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-22597 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-15850 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-15885 A sandbox bypass vulnerability in Jenkins Script Security Plugin 1.55 and earlier allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-07740 Code injection in Jenkins Script Security Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-92123 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-92123 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-83vw-vw7m-wjq2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-92123 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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