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TI-2020-02074 Aliases CVE-2020-2197GHSA-hj32-9mcw-5cwh

Incorrect default permissions in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin

Priority LOW 21CWE-276Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-285.

Summary

Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not require users to have Job/ExtendedRead permission to access Inheritance Project job configurations in XML format.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00647 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JenkinsJenkins Project Inheritance Pluginup to 19.08.02—No fix listedCNA
—hudson.plugins:project-inheritance (Maven)up to 21.04.03—No fix listedGHSA-hj32-9mcw-5cwh
  • Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 19.08.02 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • hudson.plugins:project-inheritance (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 21.04.03 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-hj32-9mcw-5cwh

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:project_inheritance:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 19.08.02VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:project_inheritance:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 19.08.02 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

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 Project Inheritance Plugin unspecified

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2020-02075 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Project Inheritance PluginPriority LOW 30

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2197
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hj32-9mcw-5cwh
  3. 2026-10-18 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

  • TI-2019-07716 Information disclosure in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2020-02075 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2022-15594 Cross-site scripting in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2019-07718 Missing authorization in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2019-07717 Cross-site request forgery in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources