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Private key stored in plain text by Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:google-compute-engine (Maven)

Affected versions

< 4.3.9

Patched versions

4.3.9

Description

Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin 4.3.8 and earlier stores private keys unencrypted in cloud agent config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Agent/Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins controller file system.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 12, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 13, 2022
Reviewed Dec 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate
4.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-29052

GHSA ID

GHSA-vhxq-9mpv-gj87

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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