# CVE-2023-32982: Jenkins Ansible Plugin stores and displays secrets in plain text

> Attackers with extended read permissions or file system access can view unencrypted Ansible extra variables stored in Jenkins job configurations.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:** 16 May 2023
- **Updated:** 23 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-38hw-368m-7jmg

## What is CVE-2023-32982?

CVE-2023-32982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Ansible Plugin, published on 16 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Jenkins Ansible Plugin 204.v8191fd551eb_f and earlier stores extra variables unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Item/Extended Read permission or access to the Jenkins controller file system.

Weakness: CWE-311 (Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data), CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32982?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ansible` | Maven | All versions | 205.v4cb |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ansible` | Maven | All versions | 205.v4cb |

Products: Jenkins Ansible.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-32982?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ansible to 205.v4cb or later.

## Is CVE-2023-32982 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32982 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Ansible Plugin

- [CVE-2018-1000149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1000149/): Jenkins Ansible Plugin man in the middle vulnerability (medium 5.6)
- [CVE-2023-32983](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32983/): Jenkins Ansible Plugin job configuration form does not mask variables (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2020-2310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2310/): Missing permission checks in Jenkins Ansible Plugin allow enumerating credentials IDs (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-32982 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-32982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Ansible Plugin, published on 16 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32982 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ansible (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 205.v4cb
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ansible (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 205.v4cb

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-2023-32982/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32982/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32982
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32982
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32982

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32982/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.