How severe is GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4?

GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 has a CVSS score of 6.5/10, rated MEDIUM. Review your exposure and patch according to your risk tolerance.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4?

GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 affects the following packages: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:xunit (Maven). Ecosystems affected: Maven.

How do I fix GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4?

Update org.jenkins-ci.plugins:xunit to 3.1.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 in my Maven dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:xunit, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

How does O3 Security protect against GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4?

O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Is GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4?

GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 1.3%, placing it in the 69th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

When was GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 was published on June 24, 2022 and was last updated on November 8, 2023. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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MEDIUM severity

GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 — xunit

MEDIUMFix: jenkinsci/xunit-plugin@6976b5d

GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:xunit. A fix is available for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:xunit — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Agent-to-controller security bypass in Jenkins xUnit Plugin

Also known asCVE-2022-34181

Published

Jun 24, 2022

Updated

Nov 8, 2023

Affected

1 pkg

Patched

1 / 1

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Sep 18, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

1.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs69th percentile — riskier than 69% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

How urgent is this, really

GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 376,715 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

☕org.jenkins-ci.plugins:xunit

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

xUnit Plugin 3.0.8 and earlier implements an agent-to-controller message that creates a user-specified directory if it doesn’t exist, and parsing files inside it as test results.

This allows attackers able to control agent processes to create an arbitrary directory on the Jenkins controller or to obtain test results from existing files in an attacker-specified directory.

xUnit Plugin 3.1.0 changes the message type from agent-to-controller to controller-to-agent, preventing execution on the controller.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
☕Maven	`org.jenkins-ci.plugins:xunit`	all versions	3.1.0`org.jenkins-ci.plugins:xunit:3.1.0`

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:xunit, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.jenkins-ci.plugins:xunit to 3.1.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

xUnit Plugin 3.0.8 and earlier implements an agent-to-controller message that creates a user-specified directory if it doesn’t exist, and parsing files inside it as test results. This allows attackers able to control agent processes to create an arbitrary directory on the Jenkins controller or to obtain test results from existing files in an attacker-specified directory. xUnit Plugin 3.1.0 changes the message type from agent-to-controller to controller-to-agent, preventing execution on the controller.

O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 in your dependencies?

O3 Security finds GHSA-298j-9q4w-6rm4 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.

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