CVE-2020-2301 Authentication cache in Active Directory Jenkins Plugin allows logging in with any password

What is CVE-2020-2301?

CVE-2020-2301 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin, published on 4 Nov 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier allows attackers to log in as any user with any password while a successful authentication of that user is still in the optional cache when using Windows/ADSI mode.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2301?

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

Products include Jenkins Active Directory.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2301?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory to a fixed version for your release line: 2.16.1 or 2.20.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2020-2301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin

• CVE-2020-2299 Improper Authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-2300 Improper Authentication (empty password) in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-2649 Jenkins Active Directory Plugin did not verify certificate of AD server High 8.1
• CVE-2019-1003009 Jenkins Active Directory Plugin Improper certificate validation with StartTLS High 7.4
• CVE-2026-48918 Jenkins Active Directory Plugin follows LDAP referrals by default Medium 6.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-954f-xw44-56r2.