CVE-2020-2186 CSRF vulnerability in Amazon EC2 Plugin

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can force authenticated users to provision EC2 instances via cross-site request forgery in the Jenkins Amazon EC2 Plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-2186?

CVE-2020-2186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Amazon EC2 Plugin, published on 6 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Jenkins Amazon EC2 Plugin 1.50.1 and earlier allows attackers to provision instances.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2186?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ec2. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ec2 MavenAll versions1.50.2
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ec2 MavenAll versions1.50.2

Products include Jenkins Amazon Ec2.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2186?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ec2 to 1.50.2 or later.

Is CVE-2020-2186 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w6hw-57jq-h7f5.

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