TI-2023-19375 Aliases CVE-2023-37943 GHSA-g8c3-6fj2-87w7

Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.30 and earlier ignores the "Require TLS" and "StartTls"…

LOW 27CWE-311Published 2023-07-12 · Updated 2024-11-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
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-311.

Summary

Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.30 and earlier ignores the "Require TLS" and "StartTls" options and always performs the connection test to Active directory unencrypted, allowing attackers able to capture network traffic between the Jenkins controller and Active Directory servers to obtain Active Directory credentials.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00459 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven): 2.30.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Jenkins	Jenkins Active Directory Plugin	up to 2.30	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven)	before 2.30.1	2.30.1	Patch available	GHSA-g8c3-6fj2-87w7

Jenkins Active Directory Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 2.30 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.30.1 Fixed in 2.30.1 Patch available GHSA-g8c3-6fj2-87w7

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:active_directory::::::jenkins::*	up to 2.30	Vulnerable	Jenkins

cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:active_directory:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 2.30 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-g8c3-6fj2-87w7 org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven) Fixed in 2.30.1 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-37943
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g8c3-6fj2-87w7

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://github.com/jenkinsci/active-directory-plugin/commit/549dde617dbcf533e6cabfe8cc148a250a398211

TI-2020-02178 Improper authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-02177 Improper authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-02176 Improper authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-01899 Improper certificate validation in Jenkins Active Directory Jenkins plugin CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
TI-2019-15854 Improper certificate validation in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.4
TI-2026-36178 Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.41 and earlier deserializes data from LDAP referrals without validation. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6

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Sources

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