Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This issue lets an unauthenticated person make Jenkins DotCi Plugin trigger builds for attacker-chosen repositories and commits. In business terms, exposed Jenkins systems could run untrusted build activity without normal permission checks, creating risk to source, build secrets, deployment workflows, and service availability.
Executive priority
Treat this as urgent for any Jenkins environment using DotCi Plugin. The main business risk is untrusted build activity reaching CI secrets, code, artifacts, or deployment paths. Prioritize internet-exposed Jenkins first.
Technical view
CVE-2022-41238 is a CWE-862 missing authorization check in Jenkins DotCi Plugin 2.40.00 and earlier. The provided CVE record says unauthenticated attackers can trigger builds for jobs tied to attacker-specified repositories and commits. CVSS 3.1 is 9.8 critical, with network attack vector and no privileges or user interaction required.
Likely exposure
Organizations are exposed if they run Jenkins with DotCi Plugin 2.40.00 or earlier, especially where Jenkins or relevant webhook endpoints are reachable by untrusted networks. The source bundle does not identify other affected products.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not state active exploitation, and the bundle marks KEV as false. The vulnerability is still high urgency because unauthenticated network attackers can trigger build execution paths without permission checks.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE metadata and Jenkins advisory reference in the bundle. Do not assume a specific patch version or exploit in the wild from these sources. Focus validation on plugin presence, version, exposure, and suspicious build-trigger activity.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Jenkins controllers for DotCi Plugin usage and version.
- Review the Jenkins advisory and plugin guidance for supported remediation.
- Disable or remove DotCi Plugin where it is not required.
- Restrict Jenkins access to trusted networks while remediation is assessed.
- Review build jobs for secrets or deployment permissions reachable through DotCi.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether DotCi Plugin is installed on each Jenkins controller.
- Verify installed versions are not 2.40.00 or earlier.
- Check whether Jenkins is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review logs for unexpected DotCi-triggered builds or unusual repository inputs.
- Confirm compensating access controls do not rely on the missing plugin permission check.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-862: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H3.95.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
9.8CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-09-21/#SECURITY-2867CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.