Critical
Security advisory
The SSH Plugin stores credentials which allow jobs to access remote servers via the SSH protocol. User passwords and passphrases for encrypted SSH keys are stored in plaintext in a configuration file.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-1000245
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The SSH Plugin stores credentials which allow jobs to access remote servers via the SSH protocol. User passwords and passphrases for encrypted SSH keys are stored in plaintext in a configuration file.
osv:CVE-2017-1000245
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:14.555930833Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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