Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Artifactory - CVE-2020-2164
Published: March 26, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26394
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2164
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Artifactory
Artifactory
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-2164
Install updates from vendor's website.