Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Vmware vRealize CodeStream - CVE-2022-27217
Published: March 17, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61437
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27217
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin stores passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. A remote user can retrieve sensitive information stored in cleartext.
Affected software
Vmware vRealize CodeStream
How to mitigate CVE-2022-27217
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.