Cross-site request forgery in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin
Priority LOW 21CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier allows attackers to perform connection tests, connecting to attacker-specified or previously configured Active Directory servers using attacker-specified credentials.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00679 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-08
Fix Fixed Jenkins Active Directory Plugin (Jenkins project): 2.16.1org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven): 2.20
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 Active Directory Plugin | up to 2.19 | 2.16.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven) | before 2.20 | 2.20 | Patch available | GHSA-2wf5-4mf7-vmh3 |
- Jenkins Active Directory Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 2.19 Fixed in 2.16.1 Patch available CNA
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.20 Fixed in 2.20 Patch available GHSA-2wf5-4mf7-vmh3
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Jenkins Active Directory Plugin (Jenkins project) Fixed in 2.16.1
- Fix · GHSA-2wf5-4mf7-vmh3 org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory (Maven) Fixed in 2.20 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2303
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2wf5-4mf7-vmh3
References
Advisory 3
More Jenkins Active Directory vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-02178 Improper authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-02177 Improper authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-02176 Improper authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-01899 Improper certificate validation in Jenkins Active Directory Jenkins plugin CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2019-15854 Improper certificate validation in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.4
- TI-2026-36178 Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.41 and earlier deserializes data from LDAP referrals without validation. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6
Sources
- CVE-2020-2303 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-2303 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2wf5-4mf7-vmh3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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