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Jenkins Swarm Plugin Client vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks

  • Disclosed: 14.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:22

Jenkins Swarm Plugin Client 3.4 and earlier bundled a version of the commons-httpclient library with the vulnerability CVE-2012-6153 that incorrectly verified SSL certificates, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.jenkins-ci.plugins:swarm-client < 3.5 3.5
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:swarm-plugin <= 1.5 no fix

References

CVSS score 5.9/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:swarm-client, org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:swarm-plugin
Disclosed
14.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pj45-8vhc-mh2f - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:swarm-plugin

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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