Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-42520

RCE

Title: CVE-2026-42520

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-42520.

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Apr 29, 2026

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.74%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-42520: Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin 719.v80e905ef14eb_ and earlier does not sanitize file names for file and zip file credentials, allowing attackers able to provide credentials to a job to write files to arbitrary locations on the node filesystem, which can lead to remote code execution if Jenkins is configured to allow a low-privileged user to configure file or zip file credentials used for a job running on the built-in node.

Impacted Vendors

jenkins 1

Reference Links

https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2026-04-29/#SECURITY-3672

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Severity HIGH

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-42520 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity HIGH

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.