Jenkins 2.587 and earlier, LTS 2.580.1 and earlier checks for symbolic links in the path of an extracted file only before creating its parent directories, not immediately before writing it, and allows symbolic links in artifacts to replace existing files or empty directories, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to write files to arbitrary locations on the Jenkins controller file system.

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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Title Symlink-Based Arbitrary File Write in Jenkins Artifact Extraction
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-22

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Jenkins
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Description Jenkins 2.587 and earlier, LTS 2.580.1 and earlier checks for symbolic links in the path of an extracted file only before creating its parent directories, not immediately before writing it, and allows symbolic links in artifacts to replace existing files or empty directories, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to write files to arbitrary locations on the Jenkins controller file system.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jenkins

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Updated: 2026-10-28T16:48:31.962Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T13:10:56.914Z

Link: CVE-2026-117617

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-28T17:18:21.037

Modified: 2026-10-29T15:04:37.187

Link: CVE-2026-117617

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Updated: 2026-10-28T19:15:14Z

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