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critical 9.8

CVE-2020-2299 json

Improper Authentication in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-rf92-3vjr-w628 , EUVD-2022-5159

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier allows attackers to log in as any user if a magic constant is used as the password.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory 2.16.1, 2.20
  • Jenkins project Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.16.1

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Exploit prediction

1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directory
>=2.17, <2.20
>=1.44, <2.16.1
2.20
2.16.1

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins Active Directory Plugin

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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