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TI-2018-16177 Aliases CVE-2018-1999036GHSA-wwgx-94v6-fc2p

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins SSH Agent Plugin…

Priority LOW 32CWE-532Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-532.

Summary

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins SSH Agent Plugin 1.15 and earlier in SSHAgentStepExecution.java that exposes the SSH private key password to users with permission to read the build log.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01374 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent (Maven): 1.16

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent (Maven)before 1.161.16Patch availableGHSA-wwgx-94v6-fc2p
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.16 Fixed in 1.16 Patch available GHSA-wwgx-94v6-fc2p

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:ssh_agent:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 1.15VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:ssh_agent:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 1.15 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-wwgx-94v6-fc2p org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent (Maven) Fixed in 1.16 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1999036
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wwgx-94v6-fc2p

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2022-05179 Missing authorization in Jenkins SSH Agent Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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