Jenkins CodeScan Plugin has Insufficiently Protected Credentials

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2019-10423 · GHSA-jp8r-jh5j-cgwf · Published 25/09/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-10423 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting com.villagechief.codescan.jenkins:codescan, codescan (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.32%, higher than 25.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
com.villagechief.codescan.jenkins:codescan Maven	`≤ 1.0`	No fix yet
codescan jenkins	`≤ 0.11`	No fix yet

Description

CodeScan Plugin stores an API key unencrypted in its global configuration file com.villagechief.codescan.jenkins.CodeScanBuilder.xml on the Jenkins controller. This API key can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

As of publication of this advisory, there is no fix.

NVD description

Jenkins CodeScan Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10423 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/codescan-plugin · WEB
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-09-25 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/25/3 · WEB

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