CVE-2022-25186 Agent-to-controller security bypass in Jenkins HashiCorp Vault Plugin
Attackers controlling Jenkins agent processes can retrieve arbitrary HashiCorp Vault secrets, exposing sensitive credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-25186?
CVE-2022-25186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins HashiCorp Vault Plugin, published on 15 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Jenkins HashiCorp Vault Plugin 3.8.0 and earlier implements functionality that allows agent processes to retrieve any Vault secrets for use on the agent, allowing attackers able to control agent processes to obtain Vault secrets for an attacker-specified path and key.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25186?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.datapipe.jenkins.plugins:hashicorp-vault-plugin. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.datapipe.jenkins.plugins:hashicorp-vault-plugin Maven | All versions | 336.v182c0fbaaeb7 |
com.datapipe.jenkins.plugins:hashicorp-vault-plugin Maven | All versions | 336.v182c0fbaaeb7 |
Products include Jenkins Hashicorp Vault.
How do I fix CVE-2022-25186?
Upgrade com.datapipe.jenkins.plugins:hashicorp-vault-plugin to 336.v182c0fbaaeb7 or later.
Is CVE-2022-25186 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25186 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins HashiCorp Vault Plugin
- CVE-2023-33001 Jenkins HashiCorp Vault Plugin has improper masking of credentials
- CVE-2022-36888 Jenkins HashiCorp Vault Plugin does not perform permission checks in several HTTP endpoints that perform Vault connection tests
- CVE-2022-25197 Agent-to-controller security bypass in Jenkins HashiCorp Vault Plugin allows reading arbitrary files
- CVE-2022-23109 Improper credentials masking in Jenkins HashiCorp Vault Plugin
- CVE-2025-67642 Jenkins HashiCorp Vault Plugin exposes system-scoped Vault credentials
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fm6q-97gw-c4wh.