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Low, CVSS 3.1

Secret displayed without masking by Chef Identity Plugin

CVE-2023-39155GHSA-5jc5-m87x-88fj

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

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Affected packages

  • Maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:chef-identity

    Affected
    <= 2.0.3
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
3.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
  • CVE-2023-39155: 0.51% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 43.52 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Chef Identity Plugin stores the user.pem key in its global configuration file io.chef.jenkins.ChefIdentityBuildWrapper.xml on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. While this key is stored encrypted on disk, in Chef Identity Plugin 2.0.3 and earlier the global configuration form does not mask the user.pem key form field, increasing the potential for attackers to observe and capture it.

Dates and revisions
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  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-5jc5-m87x-88fj

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2023-39155

Advisory: Secret displayed without masking by Chef Identity Plugin
IDs: CVE-2023-39155, GHSA-5jc5-m87x-88fj
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2023-39155 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:19 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.1)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:chef-identity: affected <= 2.0.3

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:chef-identity: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on org.jenkins-ci.plugins:chef-identity.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5jc5-m87x-88fj (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-5jc5-m87x-88fj lists affected ranges: Maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:chef-identity >=0 <=2.0.3)

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