What is CVE-2022-41255?

CVE-2022-41255 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Cons3rt, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-41255?

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

Vulnerability in Jenkins Cons3rt

CVE-2022-41255

Jenkins CONS3RT Plugin 1.0.0 and earlier stores Cons3rt API token unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

Published 2022-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Jenkins Cons3rt
Jenkins Project Cons3rt Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 1.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-09-21/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/5 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41255?: CVE-2022-41255 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Cons3rt, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-41255?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.