XML External Entity Reference in Jenkins CCCC Plugin

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2022-45395 · GHSA-f3gj-hvv4-f57v · Published 15/11/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-45395 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting com.thalesgroup.jenkins-ci.plugins:cccc, cccc (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 66.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
com.thalesgroup.jenkins-ci.plugins:cccc Maven	`≤ 0.6`	No fix yet
cccc jenkins	`≤ 0.6`	No fix yet

Jenkins CCCC Plugin 0.6 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

NVD description

Jenkins CCCC Plugin 0.6 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

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