What is CVE-2022-36901?

CVE-2022-36901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins HTTP Request, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-36901?

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

Vulnerability in Jenkins HTTP Request

CVE-2022-36901

Jenkins HTTP Request Plugin 1.15 and earlier stores HTTP Request passwords unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.0th 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 Http_request
Jenkins Project Http Request Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 1.15

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-2022-36901?: CVE-2022-36901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins HTTP Request, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-36901?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.