CVE-2019-10414
Jenkins Git Changelog Plugin has Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Jenkins Git Changelog Plugin 2.17 and earlier stored credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they could be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Jenkins Git Changelog Plugin 2.17 and earlier stored credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they could be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2019-10414- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Jenkins Git Changelog Plugin 2.17 and earlier stored credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they could be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2019-10414- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4043 No score
Jenkins Git Changelog Plugin 2.17 and earlier stored credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they could be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
- Record
EUVD-2022-4043- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h27g-72mh-9m33
Jenkins Git Changelog Plugin has Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Git Changelog Plugin stored MediaWiki and Jira passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller. These passwords could be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins controller file system.
Git Changelog Plugin now stores these passwords encrypted. Existing jobs need to have their configuration saved for existing plain text passwords to be overwritten.
- Record
GHSA-h27g-72mh-9m33- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Jenkins Git Changelog Plugin 2.17 and earlier stored credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they could be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2019-10414- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-h27g-72mh-9m33
Jenkins Git Changelog Plugin has Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Git Changelog Plugin stored MediaWiki and Jira passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller. These passwords could be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins controller file system.
Git Changelog Plugin now stores these passwords encrypted. Existing jobs need to have their configuration saved for existing plain text passwords to be overwritten.
- Record
GHSA-h27g-72mh-9m33- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
de.wellnerbou.jenkins:git-changelogMaven |
before 2.18 | 2.18 |
de.wellnerbou.jenkins:git-changelogMaven |
before 2.18, plus listed versions 1.11.101.111.121.13 Show 45 moreShow less1.141.151.161.171.181.191.21.201.211.221.231.261.271.281.291.301.311.321.331.351.361.371.391.41.401.411.421.451.461.471.481.491.51.501.511.521.531.541.551.561.571.61.71.82.0 |
2.18 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-10414 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Jenkins Git Changelog, published September 25, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in de.wellnerbou.jenkins:git-changelog 2.18.
References
Left out here: 17 versions. The JSON record has them.