CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-2232

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Aug 12, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73 transmits and displays the SMTP password in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in its exposure.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Email_extension Jenkins 2.72 (including) 2.72 (including)
Email_extension Jenkins 2.73 (including) 2.73 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References