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Jenkins FitNesse Plugin stores passwords unencryptedGHSA-j4ph-wp3c-c37w

MEDIUM

GHSA-j4ph-wp3c-c37w is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-256 vulnerability in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:fitnesse. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.

Also known asCVE-2026-57302
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 23, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-j4ph-wp3c-c37w.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs20th percentile — riskier than 20% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.26%0.52%0.78%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.3%0.3%Jul 26Sep 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

GHSA-j4ph-wp3c-c37w by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 394,803 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
☕org.jenkins-ci.plugins:fitnesse

Real-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 FitNesse Plugin 1.36 and earlier stores passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration.

These passwords can be viewed by users with Item/Extended Read permission or access to the Jenkins controller file system.

As of publication of this advisory, there is no fix.

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
☕Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.plugins:fitnesseall versionsNo fix

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
fitnessejenkins
≤ 1.36
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:fitnesse, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Remediation status

    No patched version of org.jenkins-ci.plugins:fitnesse has shipped for GHSA-j4ph-wp3c-c37w yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Frequently Asked Questions

Jenkins FitNesse Plugin 1.36 and earlier stores passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. These passwords can be viewed by users with Item/Extended Read permission or access to the Jenkins controller file system. As of publication of this advisory, there is no fix.
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