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CVE-2022-29052

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-29052 affects Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin versions 4.3.8 and earlier, where private keys are stored unencrypted in cloud agent config.xml files on the Jenkins controller. This vulnerability allows users with Extended Read permission or file system access to view these sensitive keys. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 4.3), it has a low impact on confidentiality and requires local access or authenticated user privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:google_compute_engine:*:*:*:*:*: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
0.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0072 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 21,951 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:google-compute-engineFixed in: 4.3.9
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-vhxq-9mpv-gj87medium

Private key stored in plain text by Jenkins Google Compute Engine Plugin

Apr 13, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2022-04-12
Vendor Advisory