CVE-2022-43402: jenkins project jenkins pipeline: groovy plugin
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-43402 is a critical (CVSS 9.9) vulnerability in jenkins project jenkins pipeline: groovy plugin. EPSS estimates a 1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.9 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4Timeline
- 19-10-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A sandbox bypass vulnerability involving various casts performed implicitly by the Groovy language runtime in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin 2802.v5ea_628154b_c2 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.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated9.9CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
74%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.21 pp
From 1.26% 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 causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected 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, ≤ 2802.v5ea_628154b_c2
Org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow1 product
- workflow-cps< 2803.v1a_f77ffcc773
2 vendors · 2 products
References
4 links- www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-10-19/Vendor Advisory
