Passwords stored in plain text by Jenkins Artifactory Plugin

published 2020-03-25 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-artifactory-2020-2164 , EUVD-2022-2426 , GHSA-4q47-ph87-fq4f

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Artifactory Plugin 3.5.0 and earlier stores its Artifactory server password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:artifactory 3.6.0
bitnami artifactory 3.5.1

Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
GitHub	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:artifactory	<3.6.0	3.6.0
bitnami	artifactory	<3.5.1	3.5.1

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins Artifactory Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

jenkins.io /security/advisory/2020-03-25/#SECURITY-1542%20%281%29
web
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2020/03/25/2
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2164
advisory, web
github.com /jenkinsci/artifactory-plugin
package
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2020-03-25/#SECURITY-1542%20(1)
web

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