TI-2019-12411 Aliases CVE-2019-16549 GHSA-7mf5-79gv-66gh

XML external entity injection in Jenkins Maven Release Plugin

LOW 37CWE-611Published 2019-12-17 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Jenkins Maven Release Plugin 0.16.1 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to have Jenkins parse crafted XML documents.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00969 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed org.jenkins-ci.plugins.m2release:m2release (Maven): 0.16.2

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
Jenkins	Jenkins Maven Release Plugin	up to 0.16.1	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.jenkins-ci.plugins.m2release:m2release (Maven)	before 0.16.2	0.16.2	Patch available	GHSA-7mf5-79gv-66gh

Jenkins Maven Release Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 0.16.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.jenkins-ci.plugins.m2release:m2release (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 0.16.2 Fixed in 0.16.2 Patch available GHSA-7mf5-79gv-66gh

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:maven::::::jenkins::*	up to 0.16.1	Vulnerable	Jenkins

cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:maven:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 0.16.1 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-7mf5-79gv-66gh org.jenkins-ci.plugins.m2release:m2release (Maven) Fixed in 0.16.2 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-16549
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7mf5-79gv-66gh

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://github.com/jenkinsci/m2release-plugin/commit/1e4d6fee2eab16e7a396b6d3d5f10a87e5c29cc2

TI-2019-12412 Cross-site request forgery in Jenkins Maven Release Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2019-07667 Sensitive information in log files in Jenkins Maven Integration Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2017-14616 Jenkins Maven Plugin 2.17 and earlier bundled a version of the commons-httpclient library… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9

Sources

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