High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4986

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the TAP plugin before 1.25 in Jenkins allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an unspecified parameter.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.tap4j:tapMaven	< 1.25	1.25

Affected products

Jenkins Project/Tap
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:tap:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*
Range: <1.25
ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/org.tap4j/tap
Range: < 1.25

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-24jc-w55j-5p83ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4986ghsaADVISORY
wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-06-20nvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
github.com/jenkinsci/tap-plugin/commit/8e2a3aa86ce57a98c69e6038e15ae8fe47d08124ghsaWEB

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