CVE-2024-23897

As of 2025-10-24, CVE-2024-23897 is a CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL-severity) vulnerability. CISA KEV-listed (known exploited). EPSS exploitation probability 94.5%. Threadlinqs Intelligence tracks 1 threat exploiting it.

Last updated: 2025-10-24

Jenkins 2.441 and earlier, LTS 2.426.2 and earlier does not disable a feature of its CLI command parser that replaces an '@' character followed by a file path in an argument with the file's contents, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system.

CVSS v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22, CWE-27

Exploitation status

CISA KEV-listed (known exploited)

Threats tracking this CVE

• APT35 (Charming Kitten) GCC Pre-Positioning Cyber Reconnaissance Campaign Enabling Kinetic Targeting — CRITICAL

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6
• https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3314
• https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176839/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-CVE-2024-23897-Scanner.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176840/Jenkins-2.441-LTS-2.426.3-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6
• https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3314
• https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/
• https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/the-anatomy-of-a-jenkins-vulnerability-cve-2024-23897-revealed-1
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23897

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