CVE-2022-43404 Sandbox bypass vulnerabilities in Jenkins Script Security Plugin and in Pipeline: Groovy Plugin

What is CVE-2022-43404?

CVE-2022-43404 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Jenkins Script Security Plugin, published on 19 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A sandbox bypass vulnerability involving crafted constructor bodies and calls to sandbox-generated synthetic constructors in Jenkins Script Security Plugin 1183.v774b_0b_0a_a_451 and earlier allows 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43404?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.plugins:script-security and org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-cps. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Script Security.

How do I fix CVE-2022-43404?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:script-security to 1184.v85d16b_d851b_3 or later.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2022-43404 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43404 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Script Security Plugin

• CVE-2019-1003029 Jenkins Script Security Plugin Sandbox Bypass Exploited Critical 9.9
• CVE-2022-43401 Sandbox bypass vulnerabilities in Jenkins Script Security Plugin and in Pipeline: Groovy Plugin Critical 9.9
• CVE-2022-43403 Jenkins Script Security Plugin sandbox bypass vulnerability Critical 9.9
• CVE-2020-2279 Sandbox bypass vulnerability in Jenkins Script Security Plugin Critical 9.9
• CVE-2019-10431 Improper Control of Generation of Code in Jenkins Script Security Plugin Critical 9.9

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-27rf-8mjp-r363.