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SCA: security update for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:email-ext (GHSA-gwxm-wqpq-w539)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433491

Description

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

 - An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.61 and older
 in src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/emailext/ExtendedEmailPublisher/global.groovy and
 ExtendedEmailPublisherDescriptor.java that allows attackers with control of a Jenkins administrator's web
 browser (e.g. malicious extension) to retrieve the configured SMTP password. (CVE-2018-1000176)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gwxm-wqpq-w539

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433491

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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-2018-1000176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000176

BID: 104226

cwe: CWE-200