Xebialabs Xl ReleaseApplication · Jenkins
CVE-2022-34781
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 · uneditedMissing permission checks in Jenkins XebiaLabs XL Release Plugin 22.0.0 and earlier allow attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified HTTP server using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.
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 confidenceMissing permission checks in the Jenkins XebiaLabs XL Release Plugin versions 22.0.0 and earlier allow authenticated users with only Overall/Read permission to connect to attacker-controlled HTTP servers using credential IDs they obtain, enabling credential theft of secrets stored in Jenkins.
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
Xebialabs Xl ReleaseApplication
<= 22.0.0CVSS 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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Verify if XebiaLabs XL Release Plugin is installedNavigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab and search for 'XebiaLabs XL Release' or 'xl release' to confirm the plugin is present in the system.Affected if The plugin is not installed or has been removed.
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn the same Installed plugins list, locate the XebiaLabs XL Release plugin and note the version number displayed in the version column.Affected if The installed version is 22.0.0 or any earlier version (e.g., 21.x, 20.x, etc.).
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Confirm the plugin version is within the affected rangeCompare the installed version number to the CVE-affected range: versions 22.0.0 and earlier. If the version is 22.0.0 or lower, the vulnerability is present.Affected if The version is 22.0.0 or lower.
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Review user accounts with Overall/Read permissionNavigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage Users or check Jenkins authorization matrix to list all users who have Overall/Read permission, which is the minimum permission level required to exploit this flaw.Affected if There are untrusted or non-admin users with Overall/Read permission.
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Check for configured credentials in XL ReleaseReview Manage Jenkins > Manage Credentials to identify any credentials (API tokens, secrets, passwords) stored in Jenkins domains that the XL Release plugin might access. Check if XL Release pipeline configurations reference these credentials.Affected if Credentials are stored in Jenkins and the XL Release plugin has access to them.
The environment is affected if the XebiaLabs XL Release Plugin is installed at version 22.0.0 or earlier AND untrusted users with Overall/Read permission exist in the system.
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 to a patched version of the XebiaLabs XL Release Plugin once available, and review existing user permissions to ensure only necessary access is granted.
Fix this in Xebialabs Xl Release
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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-2022-34781 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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