JenkinsApplication
CVE-2021-21604
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedJenkins 2.274 and earlier, LTS 2.263.1 and earlier allows attackers with permission to create or configure various objects to inject crafted content into Old Data Monitor that results in the instantiation of potentially unsafe objects once discarded by an administrator.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceJenkins versions 2.274 and earlier, LTS 2.263.1 and earlier contain an object injection vulnerability in Old Data Monitor. Attackers with permissions to create or configure objects can inject crafted content that gets stored and later instantiated as potentially unsafe Java objects when an administrator discards old data through the Old Data Monitor interface.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
JenkinsApplication
<= 2.263.1<= 2.274CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Jenkins versionNavigate to Manage Jenkins > About Jenkins or run `java -jar jenkins.war --version` from the Jenkins installation directoryAffected if Version is 2.274 or earlier, or LTS 2.263.1 or earlier
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Locate Old Data MonitorGo to Manage Jenkins and look for 'Old Data Monitor' in the available management linksAffected if Old Data Monitor interface is present and accessible
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Check for stored old dataAccess Old Data Monitor and review if any old data entries are listed that could contain injected objectsAffected if Old data entries exist that were created by users with configure permissions
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Audit user permissionsReview user/role permissions in Manage Jenkins > Manage Users or Jenkins > Manage and Assign Roles to identify accounts with object creation or configuration privilegesAffected if Users other than administrators have permissions to create or configure objects
You are affected if your Jenkins version is 2.274 or earlier (or LTS 2.263.1 or earlier), Old Data Monitor contains stored data, and non-admin users have permissions to create or configure objects.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Jenkins to version 2.275 or LTS 2.263.2 or later. Review user permissions for object creation/configuration privileges until the upgrade is applied.
Fix this in Jenkins
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2021-21604 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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