🛡️ CVE-2020-2117 — pipeline-githubnotify-step

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-285 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Missing permission checks in Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin allows capturing credentials

A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin 1.0.4 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2020-2117 is classified as CWE-285: Improper Authorization. A request is carried out without confirming that the caller is permitted to perform it on that specific resource.

Affected software

CVE-2020-2117 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-githubnotify-step (fixed in 1.0.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 8 November 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
jenkins.io (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-285
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2023-11-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-githubnotify-step — 1.0.5

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