CVE-2014-3680 — jenkins-core
CVE-2014-3680 is a Information Exposure vulnerability in org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core. A fix is available for org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Jenkins Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Jenkins before 1.583 and LTS before 1.565.3 allows remote authenticated users with the Job/READ permission to obtain the default value for the password field of a parameterized job by reading the DOM.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | ≥ 1.566&&< 1.583 | 1.583org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core:1.583 |
| ☕Maven | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | all versions | 1.565.3org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core:1.565.3 |
Affected Products
jenkinsjenkinsopenshiftredhatDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to 1.583 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2014-3680 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 | atomic-openshift-0:3.1.1.6-1.git.0.b57e8bd.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2014-3680 in your dependencies?
Find it across Maven, including transitive dependencies.