CVE-2020-2198
Missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin
Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not redact encrypted secrets in the 'getConfigAsXML' API URL when transmitting job config.xml data to users without Job/Configure.
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 Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not redact encrypted secrets in the 'getConfigAsXML' API URL when transmitting job config.xml data to users without Job/Configure.
- Record
CVE-2020-2198- 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 List No score
Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not redact encrypted secrets in the 'getConfigAsXML' API URL when transmitting job config.xml data to users without Job/Configure.
- Record
CVE-2020-2198- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-5499 No score
Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not redact encrypted secrets in the 'getConfigAsXML' API URL when transmitting job config.xml data to users without Job/Configure.
- Record
EUVD-2022-5499- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w53q-r5cw-6vjh
Missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin
Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 21.04.03 and earlier does not redact encrypted secrets in the 'getConfigAsXML' API URL when transmitting job config.xml data to users without Job/Configure.
- Record
GHSA-w53q-r5cw-6vjh- 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-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-w53q-r5cw-6vjh
Missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin
Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 21.04.03 and earlier does not redact encrypted secrets in the 'getConfigAsXML' API URL when transmitting job config.xml data to users without Job/Configure.
- Record
GHSA-w53q-r5cw-6vjh- 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-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
hudson.plugins:project-inheritanceMaven |
through 21.04.03 | None known |
hudson.plugins:project-inheritanceMaven |
through 21.04.03, plus listed versions 1.4.101.4.11.11.4.121.4.81.4.9 Show 7 moreShow less1.5.01.5.11.5.319.08.0119.08.022.0.021.04.02 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 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-2020-2198 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Jenkins Project Inheritance, published June 3, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.