Cleartext storage of sensitive information in dbCharts - CVE-2022-27216
Published: March 17, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61436
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-2022-27216
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
dbCharts
dbCharts
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin stores JDBC connection passwords unencrypted in its global configuration file hudson.plugins.dbcharts.DbChartPublisher.xml on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. A local user can retrieve sensitive information stored in cleartext.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-27216
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.