What is CVE-2023-37960?

CVE-2023-37960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Mathworks Polyspace, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-37960?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Jenkins Mathworks Polyspace

CVE-2023-37960

Jenkins MathWorks Polyspace Plugin 1.0.5 and earlier allows attackers with Item/Configure permission to send emails with arbitrary files from the Jenkins controller file systems.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-07-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (65.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Mathworks Polyspace
Jenkins Project Mathworks Polyspace Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-07-12/ (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/12/2 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37960?: CVE-2023-37960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Mathworks Polyspace, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-37960?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.