Security advisory
A sandbox bypass vulnerability exists in Pipeline: Groovy Plugin 2.59 and earlier in groovy-sandbox/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/groovy/sandbox/SandboxTransformer.java, groovy-cps/lib/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/groovy/cps/SandboxCpsTransformer.java that allows attackers with Job/Configure permission, or unauthorized attackers with SCM commit privileges and corresponding pipelines based on Jenkinsfiles set up in Jenkins, to execute arbitrary code on the Jenkins master JVM
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1000866
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A sandbox bypass vulnerability exists in Pipeline: Groovy Plugin 2.59 and earlier in groovy-sandbox/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/groovy/sandbox/SandboxTransformer.java, groovy-cps/lib/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/groovy/cps/SandboxCpsTransformer.java that allows attackers with Job/Configure permission, or unauthorized attackers with SCM commit privileges and corresponding pipelines based on Jenkinsfiles set up in Jenkins, to execute arbitrary code on the Jenkins master JVM
osv:CVE-2018-1000866
Complete source record
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"references": [
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