CVE-2026-42522

medium

Published 2026-04-29 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

Jenkins GitHub Branch Source Plugin: Missing permissions check allows attackers to perform a connection test

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

53%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:github-branch-source	`<1967.1969.v205fd594c821`	`1967.1969.v205fd594c821`
MAVEN	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:github-branch-source	`< 1967.1969.v205fd594c821`	`1967.1969.v205fd594c821`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
jenkins	github_branch_source	`{"endIncluding":"1967.vdea_d580c1a_b_a"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-862

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.