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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-16556

Jenkins Rundeck Plugin 3.6.5 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file and 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.

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CVE-2019-16556
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1 Nov 2026, 05:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-16556

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Dec 2019, 15:15 UTC

Jenkins Rundeck Plugin 3.6.5 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file and 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.

osv:CVE-2019-16556
Complete source record
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  "id": "be5322c3bfb0063b932fe82e7bbfbc39eedadfe75bd8a8cdc20b5852aec4afed",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16556",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-16556",
    "summary": "Jenkins Rundeck Plugin 3.6.5 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file and 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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-16556",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-16556",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-16556",
        "GHSA-qh3m-c6hw-5hmv"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/rundeck-plugin",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "c052705af2a2086719fba04937df8ab0af2be20e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:rundeck:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.6.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "rundeck-3.6.5",
            "rundeck-3.6.4",
            "rundeck-3.6.3",
            "rundeck-3.6.2",
            "rundeck-3.6.1",
            "rundeck-3.6.0",
            "rundeck-3.5.4",
            "rundeck-3.5.3",
            "rundeck-3.5.2",
            "rundeck-3.5.1",
            "rundeck-3.5",
            "rundeck-3.4",
            "rundeck-3.3",
            "rundeck-3.2",
            "rundeck-3.1",
            "rundeck-3.0",
            "rundeck-2.11",
            "rundeck-2.10",
            "rundeck-2.9",
            "rundeck-2.8",
            "rundeck-2.7",
            "rundeck-2.6",
            "rundeck-2.5",
            "rundeck-2.4",
            "rundeck-2.3.1",
            "rundeck-2.3",
            "rundeck-2.2",
            "rundeck-2.1",
            "rundeck-2.0.1",
            "rundeck-2.0",
            "rundeck-1.8",
            "rundeck-1.7",
            "rundeck-1.6",
            "rundeck-1.5",
            "rundeck-1.4",
            "rundeck-1.3",
            "rundeck-1.2",
            "rundeck-1.1",
            "rundeck-1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16556.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:32.428618388Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-12-17/#SECURITY-1636"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-16556",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433030,
  "published_at": "2019-12-17T15:15:16.987+00:00"
}