CVE-2024-23897 — jenkins:jenkins Vulnerability

What is CVE-2024-23897?

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.

The record classifies CVE-2024-23897 under weakness classes CWE-22, CWE-27. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1009 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 9.8 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST): 99.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Listed since 2024-08-19, federal remediation deadline 2024-09-09 — used in known ransomware campaigns
Threadlinqs priority: 10/10 — CISA lists it as used in ransomware, which Threadlinqs scores at the maximum
Published: 2024-01-24, last modified 2025-10-21

Is CVE-2024-23897 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2024-23897 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-08-19, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2024-09-09 under BOD 22-01. CISA flags the vulnerability as one used in known ransomware campaigns. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2024-23897 is publicly available. 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. A ProjectDiscovery Nuclei detection template exists (javascript/cves/2024/CVE-2024-23897.yaml). It currently carries a trending score of 50 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

(vendor unspecified): jenkins:jenkins

How to fix CVE-2024-23897

Because CVE-2024-23897 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2024-09-09. No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2024-23897 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2024-23897

2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2024-23897, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

eBPF Rootkit Detection: VoidLink, LinkPro, and Atomic Arch Evade Kernel-Level Monitoring — MEDIUM · 2026-09-22
APT35 (Charming Kitten) GCC Pre-Positioning Cyber Reconnaissance Campaign Enabling Kinetic Targeting — CRITICAL · 2026-04-09

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, public proof-of-concept repositories, ProjectDiscovery Nuclei. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

Vendor advisory and patch

jenkins.io — vendor advisory

Other references

Showing 6 of 7 recorded references.