Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Violation Comments to GitLab - CVE-2019-10416

 

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

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2019-10416

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources