Passwords transmitted in plain text by Jenkins Artifactory Plugin

published 2020-03-25 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-artifactory-2020-2165 , EUVD-2022-5841 , GHSA-xqf6-5grh-6223

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Artifactory Plugin 3.6.0 and earlier transmits configured passwords in plain text as part of its global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in their exposure.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:artifactory 3.6.1
bitnami artifactory 3.6.1

Exploit prediction

1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
GitHub	3.1	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:artifactory	<3.6.1	3.6.1
bitnami	artifactory	<3.6.1	3.6.1

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins Artifactory Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

jenkins.io /security/advisory/2020-03-25/#SECURITY-1542%20%282%29
web
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2020/03/25/2
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2165
advisory, web
github.com /jenkinsci/artifactory-plugin
package
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2020-03-25/#SECURITY-1542%20(2)
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