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CVE-2022-27206

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-27206 affects Jenkins GitLab Authentication Plugin versions 1.13 and earlier, where it insecurely stores the GitLab client secret in an unencrypted format within the global config.xml file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows authenticated users with file system access to the Jenkins controller to view the sensitive client secret, potentially leading to unauthorized access to GitLab resources. While the attack complexity is low, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:gitlab_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0100 is in the 73rd 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 (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:gitlab-oauthFixed in: 1.14
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-hx3r-qwxv-5jw9low

Client Secret stored in plain text by Jenkins GitLab Authentication Plugin

Mar 16, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2022-03-15
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/03/15/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory