CVE-2022-20620 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-862 vulnerability in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent. A fix is available for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Missing permission checks in SSH Agent Plugin allow enumerating credentials IDs
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2022-20620 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,386 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent☕org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agentReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Jenkins SSH Agent Plugin prior to 1.23.2 and 1.22.1 does not perform permission checks in several HTTP endpoints.
This allows attackers with Overall/Read access to enumerate credentials IDs of credentials stored in Jenkins. Those can be used as part of an attack to capture the credentials using another vulnerability.
An enumeration of credentials IDs in SSH Agent Plugin 1.23.2 and 1.22.1 requires the appropriate permissions.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent | ≥ 1.23&&< 1.23.2 | 1.23.2org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent:1.23.2 |
| ☕Maven | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent | all versions | 1.22.1org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent:1.22.1 |
Affected Products
ssh agentjenkinsDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ssh-agent to 1.23.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-20620 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-20620 in your dependencies?
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