SB2020070318 - Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Jenkins GitHub Coverage Reporter plugin
Published: July 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020070318
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Cleartext storage of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2212)
CWE-ID: CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to view the password on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software stores a GitHub access token in plain text in its global configuration file "io.jenkins.plugins.gcr.PluginConfiguration.xml". A remote user with access to the Jenkins master file system can obtain credentials.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.