# CVE-2022-43419: API keys stored in plain text by Jenkins Katalon Plugin

> Attackers with Extended Read permission or file system access can view unencrypted API keys stored in Jenkins job configuration files.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 8 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-35rx-7pc8-6963

## What is CVE-2022-43419?

CVE-2022-43419 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Katalon Plugin, published on 19 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Jenkins Katalon Plugin 1.0.32 and earlier stores API keys unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins controller file system.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43419?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.plugins:katalon. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:katalon` | Maven | All versions | 1.0.33 |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:katalon` | Maven | All versions | 1.0.33 |

Products: Jenkins Katalon.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-43419?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:katalon to 1.0.33 or later.

## Is CVE-2022-43419 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43419 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Katalon Plugin

- [CVE-2022-43416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43416/): Jenkins Katalon Plugin vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-43417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43417/): Missing permission checks in Jenkins Katalon Plugin allow capturing credentials (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2022-43418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43418/): CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins Katalon Plugin allows capturing credentials (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-43419 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-43419 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Katalon Plugin, published on 19 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43419 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:katalon (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 1.0.33
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:katalon (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 1.0.33

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43419/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43419/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43419
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43419
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43419

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43419/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.