Medium (5.5) in jenkins metrics. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:metrics 4.0.2.7.1, 4.0.2.8.1.
Jenkins Metrics Plugin 4.0.2.8 and earlier stores an access key unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
5.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 24% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)