CVE-2022-25176: jenkins project jenkins pipeline: groovy plugin
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-25176 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in jenkins project jenkins pipeline: groovy plugin. EPSS estimates a 1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6Timeline
- 15-02-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin 2648.va9433432b33c and earlier follows symbolic links to locations outside of the checkout directory for the configured SCM when reading the script file (typically Jenkinsfile) for Pipelines, allowing attackers able to configure Pipelines to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.74%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
78%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.74% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Jenkins project1 product
- jenkins pipeline: groovy plugin≥ unspecified, ≤ 2648.va9433432b33c
Org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow1 product
- workflow-cps≥ 2.93, < 2.94.1 | < 2.92.1 | ≥ 2.95, < 2648.2651.v230593e03e9f
2 vendors · 2 products
