CVE-2021-21606 Arbitrary file existence check in file fingerprints in Jenkins

What is CVE-2021-21606?

CVE-2021-21606 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 13 Jan 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins 2.274 and earlier, LTS 2.263.1 and earlier improperly validates the format of a provided fingerprint ID when checking for its existence allowing an attacker to check for the existence of XML files with a short path.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21606?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core and jenkins. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins.

How do I fix CVE-2021-21606?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.263.2 or 2.275.

Is CVE-2021-21606 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21606 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2018-1000861 Jenkins Stapler Web Framework Deserialization of Untrusted Data Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1000353 Jenkins Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-5317 Jenkins User Interface (UI) Information Disclosure Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2021-21690 Multiple vulnerabilities allow bypassing path filtering of agent-to-controller access control in Jenkins Critical 9.8

All Jenkins Jenkins vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-jenkins-2021-21606, GHSA-f585-9fw3-rj2m.