Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Affecting org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core package, versions [,2.555.3)[2.500,2.568)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGJENKINSCIMAIN-17755940
  • published1 Jul 2026
  • disclosed10 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-53442  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-311  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to version 2.555.3, 2.568 or higher.

Overview

org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core is an open source automation server.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data in the handling of config.xml submissions. An attacker can access sensitive secrets stored in plaintext by obtaining Item/Extended Read permissions or direct access to the controller file system.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1