Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Slack Upload - CVE-2020-2208
Published: July 3, 2020 / Updated: July 15, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29518
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:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2208
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Slack Upload
Slack Upload
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 a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files as part of its configuration. A remote user with Extended Read permission or access to the master file system can obtain credentials.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-2208
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.