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  "crds_version": "0.1",
  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2024-23897",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Jenkins CLI Arbitrary File Read — Path Traversal to Code Execution",
  "summary": "The Jenkins command line interface silently replaces an argument beginning with '@' by the contents of the file it names, so an unauthenticated attacker can read arbitrary files off the controller — including the secrets that lead to code execution.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss": {
    "score": 9.8,
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
  },
  "epss": 0.99999,
  "exploitation": {
    "known_exploited": true,
    "exploit_available": true,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2024-08-19",
    "prerequisites": "Network access to a Jenkins controller running 2.441 or earlier, or LTS 2.426.2 or earlier. No credentials needed."
  },
  "remediation": {
    "patch_available": true
  },
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1190"
  ],
  "kill_chain": "initial_access",
  "recommended_action": "Upgrade Jenkins past 2.441 (LTS past 2.426.2) or disable the command line interface; then rotate every credential the controller could read.",
  "confidence": "high",
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      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23897",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-07T07:53:55.549Z",
      "confidence": "high",
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      "confidence": "high",
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      "source": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-23897",
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      "confidence": "high",
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  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "cve",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23897",
      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-01-24/#SECURITY-3314",
      "label": "Jenkins security advisory SECURITY-3314"
    },
    {
      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/excessive-expansion-uncovering-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-jenkins/",
      "label": "Sonar: how the argument expansion works"
    },
    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23897",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities entry"
    }
  ],
  "published_at": "2024-01-24T18:15:09.370Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-08-07T07:53:55.549Z",
  "tags": [
    "jenkins",
    "ci-cd",
    "path-traversal",
    "file-read",
    "kev",
    "ransomware"
  ]
}