Medium
Security advisory
Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin 4.3.8 and earlier stores private keys unencrypted in cloud agent config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins controller file system.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-29052
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin 4.3.8 and earlier stores private keys unencrypted in cloud agent config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins controller file system.
osv:CVE-2022-29052
Complete source record
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"method": "structured",
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"title": "CVE-2022-29052",
"summary": "Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin 4.3.8 and earlier stores private keys unencrypted in cloud agent config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins controller file system.",
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"google-compute-engine-3.1.1",
"google-compute-engine-3.1.0",
"google-compute-engine-3.0.0",
"google-compute-engine-2.0.0",
"google-compute-engine-1.0.10",
"google-compute-engine-1.0.9",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.308857528Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-04-12/#SECURITY-2045"
],
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 434185,
"published_at": "2022-04-12T20:15:09.85+00:00"
}