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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins | Jenkins Cobertura Plugin | up to 1.15 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura (Maven) | before 1.16 | 1.16 | Patch available | GHSA-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
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
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2139
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m935-chfp-9f63
References
Advisory 3
More Jenkins Cobertura vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-02015 XML external entity injection in Jenkins Cobertura Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2020-2139 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-2139 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m935-chfp-9f63 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-2139 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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