CVE-2026-48918: Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.41 and earlier follows LDAP referrals by default.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven) 2.41.1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven) 2.41.1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 12th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-918
Report tools
Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| jenkins | active directory | cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:active_directory |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- jenkins active directoryup to 2.41 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (jenkins). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Jenkins Project Jenkins Active Directory Plugin
- up to and including 2.41affected · maven
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory | before 2.41.1 | 2.41.1 |
Same product
jenkins: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-2301Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier allows attackers to log in as any user with any password while a successful authentication 40Plan
- CVE-2020-2300Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier does not prohibit the use of an empty password in Windows/ADSI mode, which allows attackers40Plan
- CVE-2020-2299Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier allows attackers to log in as any user if a magic constant is used as the password.39Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-23105Jan 12, 2022 · Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.25 and earlier does not encrypt the transmission of data between the Jenkins controller and Active Directo26Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2023-37943Jul 12, 2023 · Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.30 and earlier ignores the "Require TLS" and "StartTls" options and always performs the connection test to23Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-48919May 27, 2026 · Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.41 and earlier deserializes data from LDAP referrals without validation.26Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory | 2.41.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.