Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin 0.5.1 and earlier stores passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins | Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin | up to 0.5.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:harvest (Maven) | up to 0.5.1 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-qj7p-9hgf-x8j7 |
- Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 0.5.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:harvest (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 0.5.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-qj7p-9hgf-x8j7
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin unspecified
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-02007 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Harvest SCM PluginPriority LOW 30
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2131
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qj7p-9hgf-x8j7
References
More Jenkins Harvest Scm vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-02007 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-2131 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-2131 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qj7p-9hgf-x8j7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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