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SCA: security update for org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (GHSA-m6wv-wh8g-64xc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445971

Description

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

 - Jenkins 2.567 and earlier, LTS 2.555.2 and earlier does not encrypt secrets from POST config.xml
 submissions before storing them in job configurations unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins
 controller where they can be viewed by users with Item/Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins
 controller file system. (CVE-2026-53442)

Solution

Update the org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core library and its related packages to version 2.555.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m6wv-wh8g-64xc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445971

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/14/2026

Updated: 8/14/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53442

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 6/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53442

cwe: CWE-311