What is CVE-2023-32982?

CVE-2023-32982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Ansible, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-05-16.

How severe is CVE-2023-32982?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins Ansible

CVE-2023-32982

Jenkins Ansible Plugin 204.v8191fd551eb_f and earlier stores extra variables unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Item/Extended Read permission or access to the Jenkins controller file system.

Published 2023-05-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Ansible
Jenkins Project Ansible Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-05-16/ (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-32982?: CVE-2023-32982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Ansible, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-05-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-32982?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.