Jenkins Jabber (XMPP) notifier and control Plugin 1.41 and earlier stores passwords unencrypted in its global configuration file `hudson.plugins.jabber.im.transport.JabberPublisher.xml` on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration.

These passwords can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

Jenkins Jabber (XMPP) notifier and control Plugin 1.42 stores passwords encrypted once its configuration is saved again.

Affected Packages

Maven org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:jabber

Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 1.42)

Related CVEs

CVE-2021-21634

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-79r5-rhrw-7pvh

Published

May 24, 2022 5:45 PM

Last Modified

October 27, 2023 2:16 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:jabber

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: August 25, 2025 6:33 AM

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