Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Aqua Security Scanner - CVE-2019-1003069

 

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Aqua Security Scanner - CVE-2019-1003069

Published: September 27, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21391
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-2019-1003069
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Aqua Security Scanner

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 credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file "org.jenkinsci.plugins.aquadockerscannerbuildstep.AquaDockerScannerBuilder.xml" on the Jenkins master. A local authenticated user with access to the master file system can obtain credentials.

How to mitigate CVE-2019-1003069

Install updates from vendor's website.

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