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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-16542

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.

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CVE-2019-16542
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1 Nov 2026, 07:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-16542

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Nov 2019, 15:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2019-16542
Complete source record
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  "id": "f8eb121cfd5e40a68362858db02f02c7e5a49b6b0cc98d9662ea41e361f5ba5d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16542",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-16542",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-16542",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-16542",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-16542",
        "GHSA-jg29-c2qj-wpm3"
      ],
      "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/anchore-container-scanner-plugin",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "51805afd0826588a3530bb8ef5960847fa137f5a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:anchore_container_image_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.0.19"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.19",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.18",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.17",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.16",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.15",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.14",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.13",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.12",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.11",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.9",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.8",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.7",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.6",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.5",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.4",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.3",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.2",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.1",
            "anchore-container-scanner-1.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16542.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:54.138087150Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-11-21/#SECURITY-1539"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-16542",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438088,
  "published_at": "2019-11-21T15:15:14.323+00:00"
}