VulnerabilityPublished 21 Sep 2022Updated 28 May 2025

CVE-2022-41233: Jenkins Rundeck Plugin · Missing Authorization

Affects Jenkins Rundeck PluginSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium : upgrade to 3.6.12 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

4.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 49% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 3.6.12

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 21 Sep 2022
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade Jenkins Rundeck Plugin to 3.6.12.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Jenkins project Jenkins Rundeck Plugin	Affected <3.6.12	Fixed in 3.6.12

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should first verify the version of the Jenkins Rundeck Plugin in use and upgrade to a version where this issue is resolved once available. In the absence of an immediate patch, organizations should restrict Item/Read permissions to trusted users only, minimizing the number of accounts that can exploit this flaw. Additionally, review and tighten access control policies around Jenkins jobs and artifacts, ensuring that the optional Run/Artifacts permission is enabled only when strictly necessary and assigned carefully. Implement network segmentation and monitoring to detect unusual access patterns to Jenkins endpoints. Employ audit logging to track access to build artifacts and investigate any suspicious activity promptly. Consider isolating sensitive build artifact storage from Jenkins or using artifact repositories with stricter access controls. Finally, educate DevOps teams about the risks of excessive permissions and the importance of least privilege principles in CI/CD environments.

Description

Jenkins Rundeck Plugin 3.6.11 and earlier does not perform Run/Artifacts permission checks in multiple HTTP endpoints, allowing attackers with Item/Read permission to obtain information about build artifacts of a given job, if the optional Run/Artifacts permission is enabled.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact primarily concerns confidentiality breaches related to build artifacts stored or managed via Jenkins with the Rundeck Plugin. Such artifacts may include compiled binaries, configuration files, or other sensitive data that could reveal intellectual property or internal build processes. Unauthorized access to these artifacts could facilitate further attacks, such as reverse engineering or supply chain compromise. While the vulnerability does not allow modification or disruption of services, the exposure of sensitive build data could undermine trust, violate compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR if personal data is indirectly exposed), and lead to reputational damage. Organizations with complex DevOps pipelines relying on Jenkins and Rundeck integration are particularly at risk, especially if access controls are not tightly managed. The vulnerability's requirement for Item/Read permissions means that insider threats or compromised low-privilege accounts could exploit this flaw. Given the widespread use of Jenkins in European enterprises across sectors such as finance, manufacturing, and technology, the risk of information leakage is non-trivial.

CWE-862Missing Authorization (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #4OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Architecture and Design
Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
Architecture and Design
Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
V13.4.2 (opens in a new tab)
V7.2.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-09-21/ (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 7 Jul 2025, 08:55 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-862

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