Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:google-compute-engine package, versions [,4.2.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGJENKINSCIPLUGINS-535478
  • published24 Nov 2019
  • disclosed21 Nov 2019
  • creditMatt Sicker, CloudBees, Inc.

Introduced: 21 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-16546  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:google-compute-engine to version 4.2.0 or higher.

Overview

org.jenkins-ci.plugins:google-compute-engine is a Plugin that allows you to use GCE virtual machines (VMs) with Jenkins to execute build tasks.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM). It does not verify SSH host keys when connecting agents created by the plugin, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.

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