Exposure of sensitive information vulnerability

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2018-1999041 · GHSA-68qx-whxm-h4c4 · Published 01/08/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-1999041 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting com.tinfoilsecurity.plugins:tinfoil-scan, tinfoil security (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.38%, higher than 32.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
com.tinfoilsecurity.plugins:tinfoil-scan Maven	`< 2.0`	`2.0`
tinfoil security jenkins	`≤ 1.6.1`	No fix yet

Description

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins Tinfoil Security Plugin 1.6.1 and earlier in TinfoilScanRecorder.java that allows attackers with file system access to the Jenkins master to obtain the API secret key stored in this plugin's configuration.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999041 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/tinfoil-scan-plugin commit 26b3944 · WEB
jenkinsci/tinfoil-scan-plugin · PACKAGE
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-07-30 · WEB

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