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Plaintext storage of Access Token in Jenkins GitHub Pull Request Coverage Status Plugin

  • Disclosed: 26.01.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

Jenkins GitHub Pull Request Coverage Status Plugin 2.2.0 and earlier stores the GitHub Personal Access Token, Sonar access token and Sonar password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.jenkins-ci.plugins:github-pr-coverage-status <= 2.2.0 no fix

References

CVSS score 5.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-256, CWE-312
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:github-pr-coverage-status
Disclosed
26.01.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-4x65-4fjx-r7m6 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:github-pr-coverage-status

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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