Preface: Jenkins’ popularity and its rich plugin ecosystem are the main reasons for integrating event monitoring tools with it. While there isn’t a single “API plugin,” Jenkins has a powerful built-in remote access API (supporting XML, JSON, and Python), which many external monitoring tools use to retrieve data.
Background: With its unparalleled flexibility, vast plugin ecosystem, and vendor neutrality, Jenkins remains the preferred tool for cloud applications, especially in DevOps environments. Despite the emergence of many newer cloud-native tools, Jenkins remains the preferred solution for complex, hybrid, or highly customized CI/CD pipelines.
The TanStack incident and the Checkmarx Jenkins AST plugin intrusion incident were actually part of a well-planned coordinated supply chain attack campaign by the same threat group, TeamPCP.
Security researchers from Wiz, Snyk, and Socket have dubbed this large-scale, multi-targeted attack campaign (expected to launch in May 2026) the “Mini Shai-Hulud” worm attack. While the two incidents targeted different environments and used different initial entry points, they both originated from the same threat group, malware family, infrastructure, and ultimate target.
Incident details: The previous version of the Checkmarx Jenkins AST plugin (specifically version 2026.5.09) was compromised as part of an ongoing supply chain attack by the threat actor group TeamPCP, following their earlier compromise of Checkmarx infrastructure in March 2026.
The attack appears to be another TeamPCP incident because the attackers used the same techniques—gaining unauthorized access to Checkmarx’s GitHub repositories—to inject credential-stealing “Dune-themed” malware, similar to the previous KICS and GitHub Actions attacks.
Official announcement: Please refer to the link for details. – https://checkmarx.com/blog/ongoing-security-updates/
