GHSA-2qh6-hhvv-m2ww

Jenkins HTTP Request Plugin stores HTTP Request passwords unencrypted

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Low CVE-2022-36901

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
Maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:http_request	< 1.16	1.16

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

HTTP Request Plugin 1.15 and earlier stores HTTP Request passwords unencrypted in its global configuration file `jenkins.plugins.http_request.HttpRequest.xml` on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration when using (deprecated) Basic/Digest Authentication. These passwords can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36901 advisory
https://github.com/jenkinsci/http-request-plugin/commit/a2cf3454a8752759b092c23cadc156dfd2943c42 web
https://github.com/jenkinsci/http-request-plugin package
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-07-27/#SECURITY-2053 web
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/27/1 web