CVE-2022-20616
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin 1.27 and earlier does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read access to validate if a credential ID refers to a secret file credential and whether it's a zip file.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin 1.27 and earlier does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read access to validate if a credential ID refers to a secret file credential and whether it's a zip file.
- Record
CVE-2022-20616- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin 1.27 and earlier does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read access to validate if a credential ID refers to a secret file credential and whether it's a zip file.
- Record
CVE-2022-20616- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0609 No score
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin 1.27 and earlier does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read access to validate if a credential ID refers to a secret file credential and whether it's a zip file.
- Record
EUVD-2022-0609- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin prior to 1.27.1 and 1.24.1 does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation.
This allows attackers with Overall/Read access to validate if a credential ID refers to a secret file credential and whether it’s a zip file.
Credentials Binding Plugin 1.27.1 and 1.24.1 performs permission checks when validating secret file credentials IDs.
- Record
GHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin 1.27 and earlier does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read access to validate if a credential ID refers to a secret file credential and whether it's a zip file.
- Record
CVE-2022-20616- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin prior to 1.27.1 and 1.24.1 does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation.
This allows attackers with Overall/Read access to validate if a credential ID refers to a secret file credential and whether it’s a zip file.
Credentials Binding Plugin 1.27.1 and 1.24.1 performs permission checks when validating secret file credentials IDs.
- Record
GHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88w- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-bindingMaven |
1.25 up to 1.27.1 | 1.27.1 |
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-bindingMaven |
before 1.24.1 | 1.24.1 |
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-bindingMaven |
1.25 up to 1.27.1, plus listed versions 1.261.27 |
1.27.1 |
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-bindingMaven |
before 1.24.1, plus listed versions 1.01.0-beta-11.11.101.11 Show 22 moreShow less1.121.131.141.151.161.171.181.191.21.201.20.11.211.221.231.241.31.41.51.61.71.81.9 |
1.24.1 |
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-2022-20616 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Jenkins Credentials Binding, published January 12, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. Fixed in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding 1.27.1.
References
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-01-12
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/12/6
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20616
github.com/jenkinsci/credentials-binding-plugin/commit/2dd5eda721e52d9a5bf6748405adf965ba517d8a