CVE-2023-24442 — Jenkins GitHub Pull Request Coverage Status Plugin 2

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

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Jenkins Project	Jenkins GitHub Pull Request Coverage Status Plugin	unspecified, next of 2.2.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-02T13:53:47.113Z

09References

• www.jenkins.io — https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-01-24/#SECURITY-2767