Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins
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
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin Jenkins 1.17 is affected by: CWE-257: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format. The impact is: Authenticated users can recover credentials. The component is: config-variables.jelly line #30 (passwordVariable). The attack vector is: Attacker creates and executes a Jenkins job.
Why it matters now
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 Credentials Binding Plugin | Jenkins | 1.17 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding (Maven) | — | — | No fix listed | GHSA-j7gw-mwfg-vqf4 |
- Jenkins VendorJenkins Credentials Binding Plugin Affected 1.17 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding (Maven) Vendor— Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-j7gw-mwfg-vqf4
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-1010241
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j7gw-mwfg-vqf4
References
Exploit 1
More Jenkins Credentials Binding vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-36181 Improper input validation in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-30803 Path traversal in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-33574 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2020-02058 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-05175 Missing authorization in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2020-02059 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2019-1010241 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-1010241 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j7gw-mwfg-vqf4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-1010241 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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