Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2020 · Assigned by jenkins

CVE-2020-2161

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Jenkins from Jenkins project. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 30.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Jenkins 2.227 and earlier, LTS 2.204.5 and earlier does not properly escape node labels that are shown in the form validation for label expressions on job configuration pages, resulting in a stored XSS vulnerability exploitable by users able to define node labels.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20jenkins2.228-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-2161
Alpine:v3.21jenkins2.228-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-2161
Alpine:v3.22jenkins2.228-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-2161
Alpine:v3.23jenkins2.228-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-2161
Alpine:v3.24jenkins2.228-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-2161
Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core2.228GHSA-g8pg-qrvm-wgh2
Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core2.228GHSA-g8pg-qrvm-wgh2

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Jenkins project Jenkins unspecified – through 2.227unspecified – through LTS 2.204.5

References