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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2019-1003030

Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin

Jenkins project / Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin · 2.63 and earlier

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Severity
CVSS 9.9 · Critical
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
97.1%
First observed
—
Last observed
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Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2019-1003030 is a vulnerability affecting Jenkins project Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin. A sandbox bypass vulnerability exists in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin 2.63 and earlier in pom.xml,...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV.

Who is affected?

Jenkins project / Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin 2.63 and earlier.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin

A sandbox bypass vulnerability exists in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin 2.63 and earlier in pom.xml, src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/workflow/cps/CpsGroovyShell.java that allows attackers able to control pipeline scripts to execute arbitrary code on the Jenkins master JVM.

Jenkins project Affected
Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin
2.63 and earlier
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Published
08 Mar 2019
Exploitation Reported
25 Mar 2022
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None

Tags

java cisa nuclei_scanner

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 25 Mar 2022

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Proof of concept available

GitHub

Recorded 01 Mar 2025

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2022-03-25 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-1003030.yaml 18 Aug 2026

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

9.9 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

97.1%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Protection Mechanism Failure CWE-693

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 9.9 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 6.5 Medium

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

Jenkins Pipeline Groovy Plugin <=2.63 - Insecure Deserialization

nuclei · Created Unknown

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 04:30 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  2. 04:30 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  3. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  4. 21:00 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  5. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2019-1003030",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 9.9,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.97058,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
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  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
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