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TI-2020-02016 Aliases CVE-2020-2139GHSA-m935-chfp-9f63

Path traversal in Jenkins Cobertura Plugin

Priority LOW 32CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

An arbitrary file write vulnerability in Jenkins Cobertura Plugin 1.15 and earlier allows attackers able to control the coverage report file contents to overwrite any file on the Jenkins master file system.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01593 75th 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-m935-chfp-9f63
  • 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-m935-chfp-9f63

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-m935-chfp-9f63 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-2020-2139
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m935-chfp-9f63

References

  • TI-2020-02015 XML external entity injection in Jenkins Cobertura Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1

Sources