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Inadequate Encryption Strength in Jenkins

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven)

Affected versions

<= 2.32.1
>= 2.34, <= 2.43

Patched versions

2.32.2
2.44

Description

Jenkins before versions 2.44 and 2.32.2 uses AES ECB block cipher mode without IV for encrypting secrets which makes Jenkins and the stored secrets vulnerable to unnecessary risks (SECURITY-304).

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 23, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jul 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate
4.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-2598

GHSA ID

GHSA-r9q2-3r6x-qmgp

Source code

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