Jenkins Artifactory Plugin stored old directly entered credentials unencrypted on disk

published 2019-01-09 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also GHSA-cvh8-9j4x-5v4j , EUVD-2022-3637

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits: 0; none known

An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability exists in Jenkins Artifactory Plugin 2.16.1 and earlier in ArtifactoryBuilder.java, CredentialsConfig.java that allows attackers with local file system access to obtain old credentials configured for the plugin before it integrated with Credentials Plugin.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:artifactory 2.16.2

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Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:artifactory	<2.16.2	2.16.2

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

jenkins.io /security/advisory/2018-09-25/#SECURITY-265
web, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/106532
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000424
advisory

Sources

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