CVE-2022-27206: Jenkins GitLab Authentication

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Jenkins GitLab Authentication Plugin 1.13 and earlier stores the GitLab client secret unencrypted in the global config.xml file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

Affected products

• Jenkins GitLab Authentication: up to and including 1.13

Published 2022-03-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.