CVE-2019-16540
Jenkins Support Core Plugin allowed users with Overall/Read permission to delete arbitrary files
A path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Support Core Plugin 2.63 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to delete arbitrary files on the Jenkins master.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Support Core Plugin 2.63 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to delete arbitrary files on the Jenkins master.
- Record
CVE-2019-16540- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Support Core Plugin 2.63 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to delete arbitrary files on the Jenkins master.
- Record
CVE-2019-16540- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-1970 No score
A path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Support Core Plugin 2.63 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to delete arbitrary files on the Jenkins master.
- Record
EUVD-2022-1970- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2cxg-448h-4wxj
Jenkins Support Core Plugin allowed users with Overall/Read permission to delete arbitrary files
Jenkins Support Core Plugin did not validate the paths submitted for the "Delete Support Bundles" feature. This allowed users to delete arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system accessible to the OS user account running Jenkins.
Additionally, this endpoint did not perform a permission check, allowing users with Overall/Read permission to delete support bundles, and any arbitrary other file, with a known name/path.
Support Core Plugin now only allows the deletion of support bundles and related files listed on the UI through this feature. It also ensures that only users with "Download Bundle" permission are able to delete support bundles.
- Record
GHSA-2cxg-448h-4wxj- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Support Core Plugin 2.63 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to delete arbitrary files on the Jenkins master.
- Record
CVE-2019-16540- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-2cxg-448h-4wxj
Jenkins Support Core Plugin allowed users with Overall/Read permission to delete arbitrary files
Jenkins Support Core Plugin did not validate the paths submitted for the "Delete Support Bundles" feature. This allowed users to delete arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system accessible to the OS user account running Jenkins.
Additionally, this endpoint did not perform a permission check, allowing users with Overall/Read permission to delete support bundles, and any arbitrary other file, with a known name/path.
Support Core Plugin now only allows the deletion of support bundles and related files listed on the UI through this feature. It also ensures that only users with "Download Bundle" permission are able to delete support bundles.
- Record
GHSA-2cxg-448h-4wxj- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:support-coreMaven |
through 2.63 | 2.64 |
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:support-coreMaven |
before 2.64, plus listed versions 1.01.11.21.31.4 Show 45 moreShow less1.51.61.71.82.02.12.102.112.122.132.142.152.162.172.182.192.202.212.222.242.252.272.282.292.32.302.312.322.332.342.352.362.372.382.392.42.402.412.422.432.442.452.45.12.462.47 |
2.64 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-16540 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Jenkins Support Core, published November 21, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.61%, the 76th percentile. Fixed in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:support-core 2.64.
References
Left out here: 24 versions. The JSON record has them.