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CVE-2021-43578

Status: ModifiedHigh (8.1)—

Jenkins Squash TM Publisher (Squash4Jenkins) Plugin 1.0.0 and earlier implements an agent-to-controller message that does not implement any validation of its input, allowing attackers able to control agent processes to replace arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system with an attacker-controlled JSON string.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Jenkins — Squash TM Publisher

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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