Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Google Compute Engine - CVE-2022-29052
Published: April 13, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62310
CSH Severity: Low
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-2022-29052
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 private keys unencrypted in cloud agent config.xml files on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. A remote user can retrieve sensitive information stored in cleartext.
Affected software
Google Compute Engine
How to mitigate CVE-2022-29052
Install updates from vendor's website.
Google Compute Engine - update to 4.3.9