Medium

Jenkins RQM Plugin vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

  • Disclosed: 22.09.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

Jenkins RQM Plugin 2.8 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This allows attackers able to provide crafted API responses from Rational Quality Manager to have Jenkins parse a crafted XML document that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery. There is currently no known workaround or fix for this issue.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) net.praqma:rqm-plugin <= 2.8 no fix

References

CVSS score 5.9/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
net.praqma:rqm-plugin
Disclosed
22.09.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-j8xr-2279-88qj - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: net.praqma:rqm-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.

Total entries
3
First → latest
07.2022 09.2022
Without a fix
3
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Medium 2
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 3
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
  1. Jenkins RQM Plugin vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference this entry
    Medium · 5.9 CVE-2022-41241 <= 2.8 no fix
  2. Low · 3.3 CVE-2022-34809 <= 2.8 no fix

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