TI-2018-16182 Aliases CVE-2018-1999041 GHSA-68qx-whxm-h4c4

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins Tinfoil Security…

LOW 25CWE-200Published 2018-08-01 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
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-200.

Summary

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins Tinfoil Security Plugin 1.6.1 and earlier in TinfoilScanRecorder.java that allows attackers with file system access to the Jenkins master to obtain the API secret key stored in this plugin's configuration.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00381 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed com.tinfoilsecurity.plugins:tinfoil-scan (Maven): 2.0

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	com.tinfoilsecurity.plugins:tinfoil-scan (Maven)	before 2.0	2.0	Patch available	GHSA-68qx-whxm-h4c4

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
com.tinfoilsecurity.plugins:tinfoil-scan (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.0 Fixed in 2.0 Patch available GHSA-68qx-whxm-h4c4

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:tinfoil_security::::::jenkins::*	up to 1.6.1	Vulnerable	Jenkins

cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:tinfoil_security:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 1.6.1 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-68qx-whxm-h4c4 com.tinfoilsecurity.plugins:tinfoil-scan (Maven) Fixed in 2.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1999041
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-68qx-whxm-h4c4

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

Sources

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