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medium 6.5

CVE-2018-1999036 json

Jenkins SSH Agent Plugin exposes SSH private key password to users with permission to read the build log

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-wwgx-94v6-fc2p , EUVD-2022-5656

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins SSH Agent Plugin 1.15 and earlier in SSHAgentStepExecution.java that exposes the SSH private key password to users with permission to read the build log.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent 1.16

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Exploit prediction

1.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 3.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent
<1.16
1.16

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

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