Improper masking of some secrets in Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin
Credentials Binding Plugin allows specifying passwords and other secrets as environment variables, and will hide them from console output in builds. As a side effect of the fix for SECURITY-698, $ characters in secrets are escaped to $$. This will then be expanded to $ again once the secret is passed to (post) build steps.
Credentials Binding Plugin 1.22 and earlier does not mask the escaped form of the secret (containing $$). This occurs for example in the "Execute Maven top-level targets" build step included in Jenkins.\n\nCredentials Binding Plugin 1.23 now masks secrets both in their original form and with escaped $ characters, so they will be masked even if printed before value expansion.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding | < 1.23 | 1.23 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2182
- https://github.com/jenkinsci/credentials-binding-plugin/commit/77681e0d184b0ccafa2a27da3b3bdbba95b4fe8f
- https://github.com/jenkinsci/credentials-binding-plugin
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-05-06/#SECURITY-1835
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/06/3
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-522- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding- Disclosed
- 24.05.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 11:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-7ff8-qfwx-8gx5 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding
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.
- Total entries
- 8
- First → latest
- 01.2022 05.2026
- Without a fix
- 1
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 2
- Medium 5
- Low 1
Disclosures per year
- 2022: 5
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 1
- 2026: 2
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