DbchartsApplication · Jenkins
CVE-2022-27216
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 dbCharts Plugin 0.5.2 and earlier stores JDBC connection passwords unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller 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 dbCharts Plugin versions 0.5.2 and earlier stores JDBC connection passwords in plaintext within its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller filesystem. Users with access to the Jenkins controller's file system can read these unencrypted passwords directly from the configuration file.
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
DbchartsApplication
<= 0.5.2CVSS 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 dbCharts plugin installation statusLocate the Jenkins plugins directory (typically $JENKINS_HOME/plugins/) and check if a dbCharts folder or file exists. Alternatively, query the Jenkins API at /pluginManager/plugin/{dbCharts} to retrieve plugin metadata.Affected if The dbCharts plugin is present in the plugins directory or returned by the Jenkins plugin API.
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Determine installed dbCharts versionIf the plugin is installed, examine the plugin manifest (META-INF/MANIFEST.MF) within the plugin archive (dbCharts.jpi or dbCharts.hpi) to extract the Plugin-Version attribute. Alternatively, use the Jenkins API endpoint /pluginManager/plugin/{dbCharts}/api/json to retrieve version information.Affected if The installed version is 0.5.2 or any version earlier than 0.5.2.
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Locate dbCharts plugin configuration fileNavigate to the Jenkins configuration directory (typically $JENKINS_HOME/) and search for configuration files related to dbCharts. Common paths include $JENKINS_HOME/org.jenkinsci.plugins.dbCharts.config.xml, $JENKINS_HOME/jenkins.model.JenkinsLocationConfiguration.xml (if stored there), or legacy config.xml with dbCharts entries.Affected if A configuration file for dbCharts exists in the Jenkins home directory.
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Inspect configuration for plaintext passwordsOpen the identified dbCharts configuration file and search for XML elements containing JDBC connection parameters, specifically looking for password, passwordString, or pass credentials fields. Examine whether these fields contain plaintext password strings rather than encrypted values (encrypted values typically appear as long alphanumeric strings starting with #).Affected if The configuration file contains readable plaintext password strings in password-related fields.
A user is affected if the dbCharts plugin version is 0.5.2 or earlier AND the plugin has been configured, with JDBC passwords stored in plaintext within the configuration file.
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 the dbCharts Plugin to a version that encrypts stored passwords. If no fixed version is available, rotate all exposed JDBC credentials immediately and restrict filesystem access to the Jenkins configuration directory.
Fix this in Dbcharts
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing1.0 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-2022-27216 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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