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TI-2019-12418 Aliases CVE-2019-16556GHSA-qh3m-c6hw-5hmv

Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Rundeck Plugin

Priority LOW 30CWE-522Published · 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 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-522.

Summary

Jenkins Rundeck Plugin 3.6.5 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file and 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 0.00852 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.jenkins-ci.plugins:rundeck (Maven): 3.6.6

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JenkinsJenkins Rundeck Pluginup to 3.6.5—No fix listedCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:rundeck (Maven)before 3.6.63.6.6Patch availableGHSA-qh3m-c6hw-5hmv
  • Jenkins Rundeck Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 3.6.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:rundeck (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 3.6.6 Fixed in 3.6.6 Patch available GHSA-qh3m-c6hw-5hmv

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:rundeck:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 3.6.5VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:rundeck:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 3.6.5 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-qh3m-c6hw-5hmv org.jenkins-ci.plugins:rundeck (Maven) Fixed in 3.6.6 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-16556
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qh3m-c6hw-5hmv

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2022-13012 Cross-site scripting in Jenkins Rundeck Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2022-19744 Missing authorization in Jenkins Rundeck Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-02021 Jenkins Rundeck Plugin 3.6.6 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2022-19743 Missing authorization in Jenkins Rundeck Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2019-07764 Missing authorization in Jenkins Rundeck Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2019-07763 Cross-site request forgery in Jenkins Rundeck Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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