CVE-2020-2164
mediumpriority · track · 26OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Jenkins Artifactory Plugin 3.5.0 and earlier stores its Artifactory server 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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.3–6.5
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affected products (5)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-4q47-ph87-fq4fPasswords stored in plain text by Jenkins Artifactory Plugin2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
Artifactory Plugin 3.5.0 and earlier stores its Artifactory server password in plain text in the global configuration file `org.jfrog.hudson.ArtifactoryBuilder.xml`. This password can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system. Artifactory Plugin 3.6.0 now stores the Artifactory server password encrypted. This change is effective once the global configuration is saved the next time.
- BIT-artifactory-2020-21642024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Jenkins Artifactory Plugin 3.5.0 and earlier stores its Artifactory server 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.
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references (11)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/25/2cnnvd
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-03-25/#SECURITY-1542%20%281%29cnnvd
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-03-25/#SECURITY-1542%20(1)cnnvd
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-03-25/#SECURITY-1732Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2164cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Jenkins-multiple-vulnerabilities-31880cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1059/cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/25/2enisa_euvd
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