User passwords transmitted in plain text by Jenkins Active Directory Plugin

published 2022-01-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-c8cc-hj57-vm65 , EUVD-2022-0561

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.25 and earlier does not encrypt the transmission of data between the Jenkins controller and Active Directory servers in most configurations.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory 2.25.1
Jenkins project Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.23.1, 2.24.1

github.com/jenkinsci/active-directory-plugin@07b05f8 commit

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.9	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory	<2.25.1	2.25.1

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins Active Directory Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

github.com /jenkinsci/active-directory-plugin/commit/07b05f83b167c79590f2efbdad8cb84fc98ed150
web
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2022-01-12/#SECURITY-1389
web, vendor-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2022/01/12/6
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23105
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/active-directory-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