Medium

Jenkins Maven Artifact ChoiceListProvider (Nexus) Plugin vulnerable to exposure of system-scoped credentials

  • Disclosed: 16.08.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

Jenkins Maven Artifact ChoiceListProvider (Nexus) Plugin 1.14 and earlier does not set the appropriate context for credentials lookup, allowing the use of System-scoped credentials otherwise reserved for the global configuration.

This allows attackers with Item/Configure permission to access and capture credentials they are not entitled to.

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

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.jenkins-ci.plugins:maven-artifact-choicelistprovider <= 1.14 no fix

References

CVSS score 4.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-522
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:maven-artifact-choicelistprovider
Disclosed
16.08.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-97mg-9jhf-r7rm - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:maven-artifact-choicelistprovider

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.

Total entries
2
First → latest
05.2022 08.2023
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 1
  2. 2023: 1
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
  1. Jenkins Maven Artifact ChoiceListProvider (Nexus) Plugin vulnerable to exposure of system-scoped credentials this entry
    Medium · 4.3 CVE-2023-40347 <= 1.14 no fix

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