Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Harvest SCM - CVE-2020-2131
Published: February 13, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25302
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2131
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Harvest SCM
Harvest SCM
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to view the password on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software stores SCM passwords unencrypted in its job "config.xml" files on the Jenkins master. A remote user with Extended Read permission or access to the master file system can obtain credentials.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software stores SCM passwords unencrypted in its job "config.xml" files on the Jenkins master. A remote user with Extended Read permission or access to the master file system can obtain credentials.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-2131
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.