Missing authorization in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin
Priority LOW 22CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin 1.27 and earlier does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read access to validate if a credential ID refers to a secret file credential and whether it's a zip file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0088 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin (Jenkins project): 1.24.1org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding (Maven): 1.27.1, 1.24.1Red Hat: 2 without a fix
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 Credentials Binding Plugin | up to 1.27 | 1.24.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding (Maven) | 1.25 to before 1.27.1 | 1.27.1 | Patch available | GHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding (Maven) | before 1.24.1 | 1.24.1 | Patch available | GHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w |
- Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 1.27 Fixed in 1.24.1 Patch available CNA
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.25 to before 1.27.1 Fixed in 1.27.1 Patch available GHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.24.1 Fixed in 1.24.1 Patch available GHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin (Jenkins project) Fixed in 1.24.1
- Fix · GHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding (Maven) Fixed in 1.27.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding (Maven) Fixed in 1.24.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-20616
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w
References
Advisory 3
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-2019-16035 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-02058 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-02059 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2022-20616 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-20616 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-20616 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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