CVE-2022-25177 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in Jenkins Pipeline: Shared Groovy Libraries Plugin

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers with pipeline configuration access can read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller via symbolic link traversal in the Shared Groovy Libraries plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-25177?

CVE-2022-25177 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Pipeline: Shared Groovy Libraries Plugin, published on 15 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins Pipeline: Shared Groovy Libraries Plugin 552.vd9cc05b8a2e1 and earlier follows symbolic links to locations outside of the expected Pipeline library when reading files using the libraryResource step, allowing attackers able to configure Pipelines to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25177?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps-global-lib. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps-global-lib MavenAll versions2.18.1
org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps-global-lib MavenAll versions2.18.1
org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps-global-lib MavenFrom 2.192.21.1
org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps-global-lib MavenFrom 2.192.21.1
org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps-global-lib MavenFrom 2.22561.va_ce0de3c2d69
org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps-global-lib MavenFrom 2.22561.va_ce0de3c2d69

Products include Jenkins Pipeline\.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25177?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps-global-lib to a fixed version for your release line: 2.18.1, 2.21.1 or 561.va_ce0de3c2d69.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-25177 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25177 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q234-x887-9rxh.

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