HockeyappApplication · Jenkins
CVE-2019-1003053
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedJenkins HockeyApp Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Jenkins HockeyApp Plugin stores credentials in plaintext within job config.xml files on the Jenkins master. Users with Extended Read permission (a common configuration) or anyone with filesystem access to the master can view these unencrypted credentials directly from the configuration files.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
HockeyappApplication
all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify if HockeyApp plugin is installedNavigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab and search for 'HockeyApp', or inspect the plugin directory at $JENKINS_HOME/plugins/ for a hockeyapp folderAffected if The HockeyApp plugin is present in the Jenkins installation
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Identify jobs using the HockeyApp pluginSearch job config.xml files for 'hockeyapp' references: grep -r 'hockeyapp' $JENKINS_HOME/jobs/*/config.xml or examine individual job configurations via Jenkins UI under job > ConfigureAffected if Any job configuration references the HockeyApp plugin or its related fields
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Inspect job config.xml for plaintext credentialsOpen the config.xml file of a job known to use HockeyApp (found at $JENKINS_HOME/jobs/<jobname>/config.xml) and look for <password> or <credentials> tags containing unencrypted credential stringsAffected if The config.xml contains readable password or credential values in plain text rather than encrypted <secure> tags
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Check Extended Read permission configurationNavigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage Users and verify permissions at Manage Jenkins > Configure Global Security. Users with Extended Read can read job config.xml files without full job permissionsAffected if Extended Read permission is granted to any user or group beyond administrators
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Verify filesystem access to config filesConfirm that the Jenkins home directory ($JENKINS_HOME) and job config.xml files are accessible only to the Jenkins service account and authorized administratorsAffected if Any non-admin system users or processes can read $JENKINS_HOME/jobs/*/config.xml files
A user is affected if the HockeyApp plugin is installed, any job uses it, and plaintext credentials or Extended Read permissions allow unauthorized credential disclosure.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the HockeyApp Plugin to a version that encrypts credentials, and rotate any exposed credentials. Restrict Extended Read permission and limit filesystem access to the Jenkins master.
Fix this in Hockeyapp
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-1003053 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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