CVE-2022-46685
Jenkins Gitea Plugin vulnerable to Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
In Jenkins Gitea Plugin 1.4.4 and earlier, the implementation of Gitea personal access tokens did not support credentials masking, potentially exposing them through the build log.
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
In Jenkins Gitea Plugin 1.4.4 and earlier, the implementation of Gitea personal access tokens did not support credentials masking, potentially exposing them through the build log.
- Record
CVE-2022-46685- 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-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
In Jenkins Gitea Plugin 1.4.4 and earlier, the implementation of Gitea personal access tokens did not support credentials masking, potentially exposing them through the build log.
- Record
CVE-2022-46685- 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-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-7767
In Jenkins Gitea Plugin 1.4.4 and earlier, the implementation of Gitea personal access tokens did not support credentials masking, potentially exposing them through the build log.
- Record
EUVD-2022-7767- 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
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x3qh-53qf-jxq9
Jenkins Gitea Plugin vulnerable to Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
In Jenkins Gitea Plugin 1.4.4 and earlier, the implementation of Gitea personal access tokens did not support credentials masking, potentially exposing them through the build log.
Gitea Plugin 1.4.5 adds support for masking of Gitea personal access tokens.
Administrators unable to update are advised to use SSH checkout instead.
- Record
GHSA-x3qh-53qf-jxq9- 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-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
In Jenkins Gitea Plugin 1.4.4 and earlier, the implementation of Gitea personal access tokens did not support credentials masking, potentially exposing them through the build log.
- Record
CVE-2022-46685- 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-x3qh-53qf-jxq9
Jenkins Gitea Plugin vulnerable to Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
In Jenkins Gitea Plugin 1.4.4 and earlier, the implementation of Gitea personal access tokens did not support credentials masking, potentially exposing them through the build log.
Gitea Plugin 1.4.5 adds support for masking of Gitea personal access tokens.
Administrators unable to update are advised to use SSH checkout instead.
- Record
GHSA-x3qh-53qf-jxq9- 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-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitea-2022-46685 No score
In Jenkins Gitea Plugin 1.4.4 and earlier, the implementation of Gitea personal access tokens did not support credentials masking, potentially exposing them through the build log.
- Record
BIT-gitea-2022-46685- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:giteaMaven |
before 1.4.5 | 1.4.5 |
giteaBitnami |
before 1.4.5 | 1.4.5 |
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:giteaMaven |
before 1.4.5, plus listed versions 1.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.0.4 Show 15 moreShow less1.0.51.0.61.0.71.0.81.1.01.1.11.1.21.2.01.2.11.3.01.4.0--rc182.9eb947470fcf1.4.11.4.21.4.31.4.4 |
1.4.5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-46685 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Gitea, published December 7, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. Fixed in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:gitea 1.4.5.