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Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CVE-2021-21615

Low
3.5/10

Summary

Jenkins 2.275 and LTS 2.263.2 allows reading arbitrary files using the file browser for workspaces and archived artifacts due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • SINGLE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

The software checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the software to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

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