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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2022-23106 json

Observable Discrepancy and Observable Timing Discrepancy in Jenkins Configuration as Code Plugin

published 2022-01-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-fpj7-9xm6-8hgr , EUVD-2022-0587

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins Configuration as Code Plugin 1.55 and earlier used a non-constant time comparison function when validating an authentication token allowing attackers to use statistical methods to obtain a valid authentication token.

Patch / fix

  • maven io.jenkins:configuration-as-code 1.47.1, 1.53.1, 1.54.1, 1.55.1
  • Jenkins project Jenkins Configuration as Code Plugin 1.47.1, 1.53.1, 1.54.1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-23106 updated cvss 5.3

jenkins-2-plugins/configuration-as-code: uses a non-constant time comparison function when validating an authentication token

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jenkins-2-plugins
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 jenkins-2-plugins
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven io.jenkins:configuration-as-code
>=1.55, <1.55.1
>=1.54, <1.54.1
>=1.48, <1.53.1
<1.47.1
1.55.1
1.54.1
1.53.1
1.47.1

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins Configuration as Code Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy
  • CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy

References

Sources

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