🛡️ CVE-2019-16556 — rundeck

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-522 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Jenkins Rundeck Plugin stored credentials in plain text

Jenkins Rundeck Plugin 3.6.5 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file and in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2019-16556 is classified as CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials. Credentials are stored or transmitted with protection too weak for what they unlock.

Affected software

CVE-2019-16556 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:rundeck (fixed in 3.6.6)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 16 February 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
jenkins.io (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-522
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-02-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:rundeck — 3.6.6

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