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CVE-2019-16546

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16546 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin versions 4.1.1 and earlier. The flaw stems from the plugin's failure to verify SSH host keys when establishing connections with agents, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. While the attack complexity is high, a successful exploit could lead to high confidentiality impact, allowing an attacker to intercept sensitive data. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:google_compute_engine:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0087 is in the 13th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:google-compute-engineFixed in: 4.2.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-345p-pw5q-g98vmedium

Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin does not verify SSH host keys when connecting agents created by the plugin

May 24, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2019-11-21
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/11/21/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory