Jenkins Publish Over SSH Plugin 1.22 and earlier stores password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23114
• https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-01-12/#SECURITY-2291
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/12/6
• https://github.com/jenkinsci/publish-over-ssh-plugin/releases/tag/publish-over-ssh-1.23
• jenkinsci/publish-over-ssh-plugin@2b4b9b2
• jenkinsci/publish-over-ssh-plugin@70b7689