Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Jenkins GitHub Pull Request Coverage Status plugin

1) Cleartext storage of sensitive information

EUVDB-ID: #VU71548

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24442

CWE-ID: CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin stores the GitHub Personal Access Token, Sonar access token and Sonar password unencrypted in its global configuration file com.github.terma.jenkins.githubprcoveragestatus.Configuration.xml. A local user can gain access to these credentials.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

GitHub Pull Request Coverage Status: 0.1 - 2.2.0

External links

http://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-01-24/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.