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CVE-2022-20616

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-20616 affects Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin versions 1.27 and earlier. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Overall/Read permissions to determine if a credential ID corresponds to a secret file credential and if it's a zip file, due to a missing permission check in a form validation method. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 4.3), it has a low attack complexity and could lead to limited information disclosure (CWE-862). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:credentials_binding:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0085 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-bindingFixed in: 1.27.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-bindingFixed in: 1.24.1
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: jenkins-2-plugins
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: jenkins-2-plugins

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-gqm2-2gcx-p88wmedium

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin

Jan 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-20616Low

jenkins-2-plugins/credentials-binding: does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation

Jan 12, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2022-01-12
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/01/12/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory