CVE-2019-16549

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Jenkins Maven Release Plugin 0.16.1 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to have Jenkins parse crafted XML documents.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-611

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Jenkins project	Jenkins Maven Release Plugin	>= unspecified, <= 0.16.1

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-12-17/#SECURITY-1681Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-12-17/#SECURITY-1681Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 17, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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