CVE-2023-40340

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.63% (50th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Jenkins NodeJS Plugin 1.6.0 and earlier does not properly mask (i.e., replace with asterisks) credentials specified in the Npm config file in Pipeline build logs.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-532US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Jenkins Jenkins Pluginsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:cloudbees:jenkins:plugins
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Jenkins Project Jenkins NodeJS Plugin≤ 0 ≤1.6.0enisa_euvdEU
Jenkins NodeJS≤ 1.6.0fstec_bduRU
jenkins nodejs≤ 1.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:jenkins:nodejs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:nodejs< 1.6.1osvUSpkg:maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins/nodejs

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2088Jenkins: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Jenkins ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.
GHSA-36fg-whr2-g999Jenkins NodeJS Plugin improper credential masking vulnerability2023-08-16ghsa · osvUS
Jenkins NodeJS Plugin integrates with Config File Provider Plugin to specify custom NPM settings, including credentials for authentication, in a Npm config file. NodeJS Plugin 1.6.0 and earlier does not properly mask (i.e., replace with asterisks) credentials specified in the Npm config file in Pipeline build logs. NodeJS Plugin 1.6.1 masks credentials specified in the Npm config file in Pipeline build logs.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-08-16modified 2026-06-17

references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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