CVE-2020-2208
Secret stored in plain text by Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin
Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin 1.7 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or 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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin 1.7 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2020-2208- 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 - 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 Slack Upload Plugin 1.7 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2020-2208- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-2714 No score
Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin 1.7 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
- Record
EUVD-2022-2714- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-656g-hf8v-x2rw
Secret stored in plain text by Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin
Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin 1.7 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
- Record
GHSA-656g-hf8v-x2rw- 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 Slack Upload Plugin 1.7 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
- Record
CVE-2020-2208- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-656g-hf8v-x2rw
Secret stored in plain text by Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin
Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin 1.7 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.
- Record
GHSA-656g-hf8v-x2rw- 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:slack-uploaderMaven |
through 1.7 | 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-2020-2208 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Jenkins Slack Upload, published July 2, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.