CVE-2020-2117
Missing permission checks in Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin allows capturing credentials
A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin 1.0.4 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.
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
A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin 1.0.4 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.
- Record
CVE-2020-2117- 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-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin 1.0.4 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.
- Record
CVE-2020-2117- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-5743 No score
A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin 1.0.4 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.
- Record
EUVD-2022-5743- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x7rc-5mjg-5pvr
Missing permission checks in Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin allows capturing credentials
A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin 1.0.4 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.
- Record
GHSA-x7rc-5mjg-5pvr- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin 1.0.4 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.
- Record
CVE-2020-2117- 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-x7rc-5mjg-5pvr
Missing permission checks in Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin allows capturing credentials
A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline GitHub Notify Step Plugin 1.0.4 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.
- Record
GHSA-x7rc-5mjg-5pvr- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-githubnotify-stepMaven |
before 1.0.5 | 1.0.5 |
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-githubnotify-stepMaven |
before 1.0.5, plus listed versions 1.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.0.4 |
1.0.5 |
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-2020-2117 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Jenkins Pipeline Github Notify Step, published February 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.68%, the 52nd percentile. Fixed in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-githubnotify-step 1.0.5.