What is CVE-2022-34793?

CVE-2022-34793 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Recipe, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-06-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-34793?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

XXE in Jenkins Recipe

CVE-2022-34793

Jenkins Recipe Plugin 1.2 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2022-06-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Recipe
Jenkins Project Recipe Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-06-30/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34793?: CVE-2022-34793 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Recipe, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-06-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-34793?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.