Security advisory
Jenkins Matrix Authorization Strategy Plugin 2.0-beta-1 through 3.2.9 (both inclusive) invokes parameterless constructors of classes specified in configuration when deserializing inheritance strategies, without restricting the classes that can be instantiated, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to instantiate arbitrary types, which may lead to information disclosure or other impacts depending on the classes available on the classpath.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-42521
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 20:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Jenkins Matrix Authorization Strategy Plugin 2.0-beta-1 through 3.2.9 (both inclusive) invokes parameterless constructors of classes specified in configuration when deserializing inheritance strategies, without restricting the classes that can be instantiated, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to instantiate arbitrary types, which may lead to information disclosure or other impacts depending on the classes available on the classpath.
osv:CVE-2026-42521
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42521",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "CVE-2026-42521",
"summary": "Jenkins Matrix Authorization Strategy Plugin 2.0-beta-1 through 3.2.9 (both inclusive) invokes parameterless constructors of classes specified in configuration when deserializing inheritance strategies, without restricting the classes that can be instantiated, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to instantiate arbitrary types, which may lead to information disclosure or other impacts depending on the classes available on the classpath.",
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"matrix-auth-3.1.2",
"matrix-auth-3.1.1",
"matrix-auth-3.1",
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"matrix-auth-3.0",
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"matrix-auth-2.6.9",
"matrix-auth-2.6.8",
"matrix-auth-2.6.7",
"matrix-auth-2.6.6",
"matrix-auth-2.6.5",
"matrix-auth-2.6.4",
"matrix-auth-2.6.3",
"matrix-auth-2.6.2",
"matrix-auth-2.6.1",
"matrix-auth-2.6",
"matrix-auth-2.5",
"matrix-auth-2.4.2",
"matrix-auth-2.4.1",
"matrix-auth-2.4",
"matrix-auth-2.3",
"matrix-auth-2.2",
"matrix-auth-2.1.1",
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:39.073563772Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2026-04-29/#SECURITY-3676"
],
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 506754,
"published_at": "2026-04-29T14:16:19.17+00:00"
}