What is CVE-2023-35142?

CVE-2023-35142 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Checkmarx, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-06-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-35142?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins Checkmarx

CVE-2023-35142

Jenkins Checkmarx Plugin 2022.4.3 and earlier disables SSL/TLS validation for connections to the Checkmarx server by default.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2023-06-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Checkmarx
Jenkins Project Checkmarx Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-06-14/ (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/14/5 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-35142?: CVE-2023-35142 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Checkmarx, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-06-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-35142?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.