CVE-2020-2198 Missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin
Attackers can view encrypted secrets in job configurations via an API endpoint, exposing sensitive data to unauthorized users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-2198?
CVE-2020-2198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin, published on 3 Jun 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not redact encrypted secrets in the 'getConfigAsXML' API URL when transmitting job config.xml data to users without Job/Configure.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2198?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including hudson.plugins:project-inheritance. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
hudson.plugins:project-inheritance Maven | All versions to 21.04.03 | None |
hudson.plugins:project-inheritance Maven | All versions to 21.04.03 | None |
Products include Jenkins Project Inheritance.
How do I fix CVE-2020-2198?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-2198 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-2198 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2198 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin
- CVE-2019-10407 Project Inheritance Plugin showed secret environment variables defined in Mask Passwords Plugin
- CVE-2022-34787 Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin vulnerable to cross site scripting
- CVE-2020-2197 Missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin
- CVE-2019-10408 Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
- CVE-2019-10409 Missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w53q-r5cw-6vjh.