CVE-2019-10423
Jenkins CodeScan Plugin has Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Jenkins CodeScan Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- 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 CodeScan Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2019-10423- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Jenkins CodeScan Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2019-10423- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4407 No score
Jenkins CodeScan Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
- Record
EUVD-2022-4407- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jp8r-jh5j-cgwf
Jenkins CodeScan Plugin has Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CodeScan Plugin stores an API key unencrypted in its global configuration file com.villagechief.codescan.jenkins.CodeScanBuilder.xml on the Jenkins controller. This API key can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.
As of publication of this advisory, there is no fix.
- Record
GHSA-jp8r-jh5j-cgwf- CVSS 3.0
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-jp8r-jh5j-cgwf
Jenkins CodeScan Plugin has Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CodeScan Plugin stores an API key unencrypted in its global configuration file com.villagechief.codescan.jenkins.CodeScanBuilder.xml on the Jenkins controller. This API key can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.
As of publication of this advisory, there is no fix.
- Record
GHSA-jp8r-jh5j-cgwf- CVSS 3.0
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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 |
|---|---|---|
com.villagechief.codescan.jenkins:codescanMaven |
through 1.0 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| 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-2019-10423 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Jenkins Codescan, published September 25, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.