Medium, CVSS 6.5MavenPublished
Passwords stored in plain text by Jenkins Jabber (XMPP) notifier and control Plugin
CVE-2021-21634 · GHSA-79r5-rhrw-7pvh
- Affected
- Maven org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:jabber <= 1.41
- Fixed in
- 1.42· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Jenkins Jabber (XMPP) notifier and control Plugin 1.41 and earlier stores passwords unencrypted in its global configuration file hudson.plugins.jabber.im.transport.JabberPublisher.xml on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. These passwords can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system. Jenkins Jabber (XMPP) notifier and control Plugin 1.42 stores passwords encrypted once its configuration is saved again.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.42 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.