CVE-2022-31044 json
Plaintext Storage of Keys and Passwords in Rundeck and PagerDuty Process Automation
published 2022-06-15 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-hprf-rrwq-jm5c , EUVD-2022-6071
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Rundeck is an open source automation service with a web console, command line tools and a WebAPI. The Key Storage converter plugin mechanism was not enabled correctly in Rundeck 4.2.0 and 4.2.1, resulting in use of the encryption layer for Key Storage possibly not working. Any credentials created or overwritten using Rundeck 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 might result in them being written in plaintext to the backend storage. This affects those using any `Storage Converter` plugin. Rundeck 4.3.1 and 4.2.2 have fixed the code and upon upgrade will re-encrypt any plain text values. Version 4.3.0 does not have the vulnerability, but does not include the patch to re-encrypt plain text values if 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 were used. To prevent plaintext credentials from being stored in Rundeck 4.2.0/4.2.1, write access to key storage can be disabled via ACLs. After upgrading to 4.3.1 or later, write access can be restored.
Patch / fix
- maven org.rundeck:rundeck 4.2.2, 4.3.1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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 |
| GitHub | 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.rundeck:rundeck | >=4.2.0, <4.2.2 >=4.3.0, <4.3.1 |
4.2.2 4.3.1 |
Affected products
- rundeck rundeck
Classification
References
-
github.com
/rundeck/rundeck/security/advisories/GHSA-hprf-rrwq-jm5c
web, mitigation, third-party-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31044
advisory
-
github.com
/rundeck/rundeck
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-31044
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hprf-rrwq-jm5c
- NVD CVE-2022-31044
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