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TI-2019-12406 Aliases CVE-2019-16544GHSA-8mjp-8c2x-3g7w

Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins QMetry for JIRA - Test Management Plugin

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-522Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-522.

Summary

Jenkins QMetry for JIRA - Test Management Plugin 1.12 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01044 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.jenkins-ci.plugins:qmetry-for-jira-test-management (Maven): 1.13

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JenkinsJenkins QMetry for JIRA - Test Management Pluginup to 1.12—No fix listedCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:qmetry-for-jira-test-management (Maven)before 1.131.13Patch availableGHSA-8mjp-8c2x-3g7w
  • Jenkins QMetry for JIRA - Test Management Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 1.12 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:qmetry-for-jira-test-management (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.13 Fixed in 1.13 Patch available GHSA-8mjp-8c2x-3g7w

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qmetry:jenkins_qmetry_for_jira:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 1.12VulnerableQmetry
  • cpe:2.3:a:qmetry:jenkins_qmetry_for_jira:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 1.12 Vulnerable ·Qmetry

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-8mjp-8c2x-3g7w org.jenkins-ci.plugins:qmetry-for-jira-test-management (Maven) Fixed in 1.13 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-16544
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8mjp-8c2x-3g7w

References

  • TI-2024-15885 Path traversal in Jenkins KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-14573 Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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