Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Violation Comments to GitLab - CVE-2019-10416
Published: September 27, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21379
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10416
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Violation Comments to GitLab
Violation Comments to GitLab
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to view the password on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software stores API tokens unencrypted in job "config.xml" files on the Jenkins master. A local authenticated user with Extended Read
permission or access to the master file system can obtain credentials.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software stores API tokens unencrypted in job "config.xml" files on the Jenkins master. A local authenticated user with Extended Read
permission or access to the master file system can obtain credentials.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10416
Install updates from vendor's website.