Missing Required Cryptographic Step Affecting jenkins package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-JENKINS-16418286
  • published5 May 2026
  • disclosed22 Apr 2026

Introduced: 22 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-40542  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-325  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 jenkins.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jenkins package and not the jenkins package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Missing critical step in authentication in Apache HttpClient 5.6 allows an attacker to cause the client to accept SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication without proper mutual authentication verification. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.6.1, which fixes this issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1