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TI-2020-02015 Aliases CVE-2020-2138GHSA-vpfj-5gg5-fvfm

XML external entity injection in Jenkins Cobertura Plugin

Priority LOW 33CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Jenkins Cobertura Plugin 1.15 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00926 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura (Maven): 1.16

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JenkinsJenkins Cobertura Pluginup to 1.15—No fix listedCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura (Maven)before 1.161.16Patch availableGHSA-vpfj-5gg5-fvfm
  • Jenkins Cobertura Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 1.15 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.16 Fixed in 1.16 Patch available GHSA-vpfj-5gg5-fvfm

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:cobertura:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 1.15VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:cobertura:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 1.15 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-vpfj-5gg5-fvfm org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura (Maven) Fixed in 1.16 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2138
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vpfj-5gg5-fvfm

References

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • TI-2020-02016 Path traversal in Jenkins Cobertura Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences