What is CVE-2019-16556?

CVE-2019-16556 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Rundeck, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-16556?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins Rundeck

CVE-2019-16556

Jenkins Rundeck Plugin 3.6.5 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file and in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the ma…

EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Jenkins Rundeck
Jenkins Project Rundeck Plugin — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16556?: CVE-2019-16556 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Rundeck, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-16556?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.