CVE-2020-2130
Passwords stored in plain text by Harvest SCM Plugin
Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin 0.5.1 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin 0.5.1 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2020-2130- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin 0.5.1 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2020-2130- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4400No score
Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin 0.5.1 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
- Record
EUVD-2022-4400- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jmp9-f42q-4g85
Passwords stored in plain text by Harvest SCM Plugin
Harvest SCM Plugin 0.5.1 and earlier stores SCM passwords unencrypted in its global configuration file hudson.plugins.harvest.HarvestSCM.xml and in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller. These credentials can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission (job config.xml only) or access to the Jenkins controller file system (both).
- Record
GHSA-jmp9-f42q-4g85- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256, CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Jenkins Harvest SCM Plugin 0.5.1 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2020-2130- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-jmp9-f42q-4g85
Passwords stored in plain text by Harvest SCM Plugin
Harvest SCM Plugin 0.5.1 and earlier stores SCM passwords unencrypted in its global configuration file hudson.plugins.harvest.HarvestSCM.xml and in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller. These credentials can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission (job config.xml only) or access to the Jenkins controller file system (both).
- Record
GHSA-jmp9-f42q-4g85- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256, CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:harvestMaven | through 0.5.1 | None known |
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:harvestMaven | through 0.5.1, plus listed versions 0.4.20.5 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-2130 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Jenkins Harvest Scm, published February 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.85%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.