Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins HP ALM Quality Center Plugin
Priority LOW 16CWE-522Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
Jenkins HP ALM Quality Center Plugin 1.6 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00306 23rd 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins | Jenkins HP ALM Quality Center Plugin | up to 1.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:hp-quality-center (Maven) | up to 1.6 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-fc3j-cfqv-pfrm |
- Jenkins HP ALM Quality Center Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 1.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:hp-quality-center (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 1.6 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-fc3j-cfqv-pfrm
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hp_application_lifecycle_management_quality_center_project:hp_application_lifecycle_management_quality_center:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* | up to 1.6 | Vulnerable | Hp Application Lifecycle Management Quality Center Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:hp_application_lifecycle_management_quality_center_project:hp_application_lifecycle_management_quality_center:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 1.6 Vulnerable ·Hp Application Lifecycle Management Quality Center Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2218
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fc3j-cfqv-pfrm
References
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- TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
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- 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
Sources
- CVE-2020-2218 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-2218 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fc3j-cfqv-pfrm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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