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TI-2019-12423 Aliases CVE-2019-16561GHSA-46rr-87h4-f5q6

Improper certificate validation in Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin

Priority LOW 32CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin 1.6.1 and earlier allows users with Overall/Read access to disable SSL/TLS certificate and hostname validation for the entire Jenkins master JVM.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0051 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JenkinsJenkins WebSphere Deployer Pluginup to 1.6.1—No fix listedCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:websphere-deployer (Maven)up to 1.6.1—No fix listedGHSA-46rr-87h4-f5q6
  • Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 1.6.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:websphere-deployer (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 1.6.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-46rr-87h4-f5q6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:websphere_deployer:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 1.6.1VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:websphere_deployer:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 1.6.1 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin unspecified

    3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-12422 Cross-site request forgery in Jenkins WebSphere Deployer PluginPriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2019-12421 Incorrect default permissions in Jenkins WebSphere Deployer PluginPriority LOW 26
    Show all 3 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-16561
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-46rr-87h4-f5q6

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2019-15901 Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-12422 Cross-site request forgery in Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-01985 XML external entity injection in Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2019-12421 Incorrect default permissions in Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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