Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Artifactory - CVE-2020-2164
Published: March 26, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26394
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2164
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to view the password on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software stores its Artifactory server password in plain text in the global configuration file "org.jfrog.hudson.ArtifactoryBuilder.xml". A local user with access to the Jenkins master file system can obtain credentials.
Affected software
Artifactory
How to mitigate CVE-2020-2164
Install updates from vendor's website.
Artifactory - update to 3.6.0