Medium
Security advisory
Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin 4.1.1 and earlier does not verify SSH host keys when connecting agents created by the plugin, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-16546
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin 4.1.1 and earlier does not verify SSH host keys when connecting agents created by the plugin, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.
osv:CVE-2019-16546
Complete source record
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"method": "structured",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:23.118344338Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-11-21/#SECURITY-1584"
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 430827,
"published_at": "2019-11-21T15:15:14.603+00:00"
}