Plaintext Storage of a Password in Jenkins Configuration as Code Plugin

published 2019-07-31 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-ggmx-pq89-7mcr , EUVD-2022-3955

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Configuration as Code Plugin 1.20 and earlier did not treat the proxy password as a secret to be masked when logging or encrypted for export.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

maven io.jenkins:configuration-as-code 1.25
jenkins configuration_as_code 1.20

github.com/jenkinsci/configuration-as-code-plugin@73afe3c commit

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	io.jenkins:configuration-as-code	<1.25	1.25

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins Configuration as Code Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password

References

github.com /jenkinsci/configuration-as-code-plugin/commit/73afe3cb10a723cb06e29c2e5499206aadae3a0d
web
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2019-07-31/#SECURITY-1303
web, vendor-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2019/07/31/1
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10345
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/configuration-as-code-plugin
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary