Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2022-43412 json

Non-constant time webhook token comparison in Jenkins Generic Webhook Trigger Plugin

published 2022-10-19 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-2jxx-2x93-2q2f , EUVD-2022-6991

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins Generic Webhook Trigger Plugin 1.84.1 and earlier uses a non-constant time comparison function when checking whether the provided and expected webhook token are equal, potentially allowing attackers to use statistical methods to obtain a valid webhook token.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:generic-webhook-trigger 1.84.2
  • jenkins generic_webhook_trigger 1.84.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 org.jenkins-ci.plugins:generic-webhook-trigger
<1.84.2
1.84.2

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins Generic Webhook Trigger Plugin

Classification

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

References

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.