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SCA: security update for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pam-auth (GHSA-xqwq-jxjh-wj82)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434800

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A missing permission check in Jenkins PAM Authentication Plugin 1.5 and earlier, except 1.4.1 in
 PamSecurityRealm.DescriptorImpl#doTest allowed users with Overall/Read permission to obtain limited
 information about the file /etc/shadow and the user Jenkins is running as. (CVE-2019-10319)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqwq-jxjh-wj82

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434800

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10319

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10319

cwe: CWE-862