Incorrect default permissions in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin
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
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 Project Inheritance Plugin | up to 19.08.02 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | hudson.plugins:project-inheritance (Maven) | up to 21.04.03 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-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
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
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2197
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hj32-9mcw-5cwh
- 2026-10-18 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Jenkins Project Inheritance vulnerabilities
- 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
- CVE-2020-2197 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-2197 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hj32-9mcw-5cwh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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