Information disclosure in Jenkins SSH Agent

CVE-2018-1999036

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins SSH Agent Plugin 1.15 and earlier in SSHAgentStepExecution.java that exposes the SSH private key password to users with permission to read the build log.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-1999036: held from 0.014 to 0.014.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1999036?
CVE-2018-1999036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins SSH Agent, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-1999036?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.