Improper access control in Pipeline GitHub Notify Step - CVE-2020-2117
Published: February 13, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25287
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2117
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Pipeline GitHub Notify Step
Pipeline GitHub Notify Step
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software does not perform permission checks on a method implementing form validation. A remote user with Overall/Read access can connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-2117
Install updates from vendor's website.