CVE-2026-70427

jenkins: Jenkins: Arbitrary file write via crafted archives and symbolic links

Published Aug 5, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Jenkins 2.575 and earlier, LTS 2.568.1 and earlier does not safely handle symbolic links with effectively empty names during the extraction of `.tar` and `.tar.gz` archives, allowing attackers able to control agent processes to provide crafted archives to the controller to write files to arbitrary locations on the file system, restricted only by file system access permissions of the user running Jenkins.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Jenkins
Jenkins jenkins
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Jenkins
Jenkins jenkins
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Arbitrary File Write via Unsafe Tar Extraction in Jenkins jenkins: Jenkins: Arbitrary file write via crafted archives and symbolic links
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Arbitrary File Write via Unsafe Tar Extraction in Jenkins
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Jenkins Tar Extraction Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary File Write
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-749
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Jenkins Project
Jenkins Project jenkins
Vendors & Products Jenkins Project
Jenkins Project jenkins
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Jenkins Tar Extraction Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary File Write
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-749
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-59
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Jenkins 2.575 and earlier, LTS 2.568.1 and earlier does not safely handle symbolic links with effectively empty names during the extraction of `.tar` and `.tar.gz` archives, allowing attackers able to control agent processes to provide crafted archives to the controller to write files to arbitrary locations on the file system, restricted only by file system access permissions of the user running Jenkins.
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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
jenkins
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 6:25 PM
Reserved
Aug 4, 2026, 2:13 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 5, 2026, 6:17 PM
Modified
Sep 8, 2026, 8:17 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Aug 5, 2026, 5:40 PM