ThreadfixApplication · Jenkins
CVE-2022-34210
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 · uneditedA missing permission check in Jenkins ThreadFix Plugin 1.5.4 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL.
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 ThreadFix Plugin versions 1.5.4 and earlier lack proper permission validation on a specific API endpoint. Any authenticated user with basic Overall/Read permission can cause the Jenkins server to make HTTP connections to attacker-controlled URLs, enabling Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks against internal services.
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
ThreadfixApplication
<= 1.5.4CVSS 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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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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Verify ThreadFix plugin is installedNavigate to Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab, or run: jenkins-cli.jar who-am-i (if available), or inspect plugin directory $JENKINS_HOME/plugins/ for threadfix folderAffected if ThreadFix plugin folder exists in the Jenkins plugins directory
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Determine ThreadFix plugin versionIn Jenkins UI, go to Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab, locate ThreadFix plugin, and note the version number displayedAffected if Installed version is 1.5.4 or any version lower than 1.5.4
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Confirm authenticated user access existsNavigate to Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Manage Users, or check $JENKINS_HOME/users/ directory for existing user accountsAffected if One or more authenticated user accounts exist in Jenkins with Overall/Read permission or higher
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Check Overall/Read permission assignmentNavigate to Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Configure Global Security, or review $JENKINS_HOME/config.xml for authorization matrix settingsAffected if Authorization matrix or strategy grants Overall/Read permission to authenticated users, enabling the vulnerable API endpoint access
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Verify plugin API endpoint is accessibleAttempt to access the ThreadFix plugin API endpoint if known (e.g., via curl to Jenkins base URL with threadfix path), or review plugin configuration at Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Configure System > ThreadFix configurationAffected if ThreadFix plugin API endpoint responds to requests from authenticated users without elevated permissions
A user is affected if the ThreadFix plugin is installed at version 1.5.4 or earlier AND there are authenticated users with basic Overall/Read permission able to access the vulnerable API endpoint.
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 ThreadFix Plugin to a version newer than 1.5.4 that includes the missing permission check, or disable the plugin until a patch is available.
Fix this in Threadfix
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation2.0 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-2022-34210 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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