CVE-2020-2123 RCE vulnerability in RadarGun Plugin

High 8.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on Jenkins servers via unsafe YAML deserialization in the RadarGun Plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-2123?

CVE-2020-2123 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Jenkins RadarGun Plugin, published on 12 Feb 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins RadarGun Plugin 1.7 and earlier does not configure its YAML parser to prevent the instantiation of arbitrary types, resulting in a remote code execution vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2123?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.plugins:radargun. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:radargun MavenAll versions1.8
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:radargun MavenAll versions1.8

Products include Jenkins Radargun.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2123?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:radargun to 1.8 or later.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2020-2123 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2123 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-723p-9rcj-xv8j.

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