TI-2020-02030 Aliases CVE-2020-2153 GHSA-p68c-xg89-2g5r

Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Jenkins Backlog Plugin

LOW 21CWE-319Published 2020-03-09 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-319.

Summary

Jenkins Backlog Plugin 2.4 and earlier transmits configured credentials in plain text as part of job configuration forms, potentially resulting in their exposure.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00646 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed org.jenkins-ci.plugins:backlog (Maven): 2.5

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 Backlog Plugin	up to 2.4	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:backlog (Maven)	before 2.5	2.5	Patch available	GHSA-p68c-xg89-2g5r

Jenkins Backlog Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 2.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:backlog (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.5 Fixed in 2.5 Patch available GHSA-p68c-xg89-2g5r

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:backlog::::::jenkins::*	up to 2.4	Vulnerable	Jenkins

cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:backlog:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 2.4 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-p68c-xg89-2g5r org.jenkins-ci.plugins:backlog (Maven) Fixed in 2.5 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2153
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p68c-xg89-2g5r
2026-10-20 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 3

Other 2

Sources

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