CVE-2020-2187 Lack of SSL/TLS certificate and hostname validation in Amazon EC2 Plugin

Medium 5.6 Published Updated

Attackers can intercept traffic via man-in-the-middle attacks because the plugin ignores certificate validation, exposing sensitive data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-2187?

CVE-2020-2187 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, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins Amazon EC2 Plugin 1.50.1 and earlier unconditionally accepts self-signed certificates and does not perform hostname validation, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2187?

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-2020-2187?

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

Is CVE-2020-2187 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c89c-pvm7-33wj.

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