Cleartext storage of sensitive information in GitHub Coverage Reporter - CVE-2020-2212

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Cleartext storage of sensitive information in GitHub Coverage Reporter - CVE-2020-2212

Published: July 3, 2020 / Updated: July 15, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29522
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-2020-2212
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
GitHub Coverage Reporter

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 GitHub access token in plain text in its global configuration file "io.jenkins.plugins.gcr.PluginConfiguration.xml". A remote user with access to the Jenkins master file system can obtain credentials.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-2212

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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