What is CVE-2019-10448?

CVE-2019-10448 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Extensive Testing, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-10448?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins Extensive Testing

CVE-2019-10448

Jenkins Extensive Testing Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.

Published 2019-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Extensive Testing — versions 1.4.3, 1.4.4
Jenkins Project Extensive Testing Plugin — versions 1.4.4b and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-10-16/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10448?: CVE-2019-10448 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Extensive Testing, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-10448?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.