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Fencer Intel
medium 6.5

CVE-2022-41255 json

API token stored in plain text by Jenkins CONS3RT Plugin

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-fmq9-r4p2-8272 , EUVD-2022-6803

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins CONS3RT Plugin 1.0.0 and earlier stores Cons3rt API token unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cons3rt
<=1.0.0
no fix listed

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins CONS3RT Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
  • CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password

References

Sources

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