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CVE-2023-40340

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40340 affects Jenkins NodeJS Plugin versions 1.6.0 and earlier, where it fails to properly mask credentials in Npm config files within Pipeline build logs. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to high confidentiality impact by exposing sensitive information. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:nodejs:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 19th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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:nodejsFixed in: 1.6.1
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-36fg-whr2-g999medium

Jenkins NodeJS Plugin improper credential masking vulnerability

Aug 16, 2023

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2023-08-16
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/08/16/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory