What is CVE-2019-16568?

CVE-2019-16568 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Sctmexecutor, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-16568?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins Sctmexecutor

CVE-2019-16568

Jenkins SCTMExecutor Plugin 2.2 and earlier transmits previously configured service credentials in plain text as part of the global configuration, as well as individual jobs' configurations.

Published 2019-12-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Sctmexecutor
Jenkins Project Sctmexecutor Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-12-17/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16568?: CVE-2019-16568 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Sctmexecutor, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-16568?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.