What is CVE-2022-43426?

CVE-2022-43426 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins S3 Explorer, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-43426?

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

Vulnerability in Jenkins S3 Explorer

CVE-2022-43426

Jenkins S3 Explorer Plugin 1.0.8 and earlier does not mask the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY form field, increasing the potential for attackers to observe and capture it.

EPSS: 0.005 (40.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Jenkins S3_explorer
Jenkins Project S3 Explorer Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 1.0.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-256 — Plaintext Storage of a Password

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-43426?: CVE-2022-43426 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins S3 Explorer, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-43426?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.