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CVE-2019-16542

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-522

Description

Jenkins Anchore Container Image Scanner Plugin 1.0.19 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.

Affected products

• Jenkins project Jenkins Anchore Container Image Scanner Plugin: through 1.0.19

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/21/1
• https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-11-21/#SECURITY-1539
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/21/1
• https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-11-21/#SECURITY-1539

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