SCA: security update for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:email-ext (GHSA-c9c2-wcxh-3w5j)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421732

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- In Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.93 and earlier, templates defined inside a folder were not subject to
Script Security protection, allowing attackers able to define email templates in folders to bypass the
sandbox protection and execute arbitrary code in the context of the Jenkins controller JVM.
(CVE-2023-25765)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c9c2-wcxh-3w5j

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 421732

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25765

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25765

cwe: CWE-693