Vulnerability · Published Jun 26, 2024 · Assigned by jenkins

CVE-2024-39459

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Jenkins Plain Credentials Plugin from Jenkins Project. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In rare cases Jenkins Plain Credentials Plugin 182.v468b_97b_9dcb_8 and earlier stores secret file credentials unencrypted (only Base64 encoded) on the Jenkins controller file system, where they can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system (global credentials) or with Item/Extended Read permission (folder-scoped credentials).

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:plain-credentials	183.va	GHSA-3cpq-rw36-cppv

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Jenkins Project	Jenkins Plain Credentials Plugin	0 – through 182.v468b_97b_9dcb_8

Weakness: CWE-922 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Jenkins Security Advisory 2024-06-26 vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/26/2