Project InheritanceApplication · Jenkins
CVE-2019-10407
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 Project Inheritance Plugin 2.0.0 and earlier displayed a list of environment variables passed to a build without masking sensitive variables contributed by the Mask Passwords Plugin.
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 Project Inheritance Plugin versions 2.0.0 and earlier failed to respect the password masking functionality provided by the Mask Passwords Plugin. When displaying environment variables passed to a build, sensitive variables (passwords, credentials, secrets) were shown in plain text instead of being masked, leading to information disclosure of sensitive authentication data.
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
Project InheritanceApplication
<= 2.0.0CVSS 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
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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Identify if Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin is installedCheck for the presence of the plugin file: look for 'project-inheritance.jpi' or 'project-inheritance' folder in ${JENKINS_HOME}/plugins/ directory, or access Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed and search for 'Project Inheritance'.Affected if The plugin is not found in the installed plugins list.
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Determine the installed version of Project Inheritance PluginIf the plugin is installed, check its version by examining the plugin's MANIFEST.MF file in ${JENKINS_HOME}/plugins/project-inheritance/META-INF/, or view the version displayed in the plugin manager UI.Affected if The version is 2.0.0 or earlier.
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Verify if Mask Passwords Plugin is also installedCheck for the presence of 'mask-passwords.jpi' or 'mask-passwords' in ${JENKINS_HOME}/plugins/, or look for it in the installed plugins list in the Jenkins UI.Affected if The Mask Passwords Plugin is installed alongside the Project Inheritance Plugin.
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Check for sensitive environment variables in build outputRun a build job that uses the Project Inheritance Plugin and includes password-type parameters or environment variables. Examine the build console output and the 'Environment Variables' section in the build page to see if sensitive values appear in plain text rather than masked.Affected if Sensitive values (passwords, credentials, secrets) are visible as unmasked plain text in build logs or environment variable displays.
You are affected if you have Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin version 2.0.0 or earlier installed AND you use the Mask Passwords Plugin with sensitive environment variables that are displayed unmasked in build outputs.
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 dataUpgrade Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin to version 2.0.1 or later, which properly respects the Mask Passwords Plugin's masking functionality for sensitive environment variables.
Fix this in Project Inheritance
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation1.0 h
- Implementation0.5 h
- Testing1.0 h
- Review / QA0.5 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-2019-10407 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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