SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-2198

Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not redact encrypted secrets in the 'getConfigAsXML' API URL when transmitting job config.xml data to users without Job/Configure.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.80%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not redact encrypted secrets in the 'getConfigAsXML' API URL when transmitting job config.xml data to users without Job/Configure.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.80% probability · 56th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-522
Affected
jenkins/project inheritance
Source
jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.80%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.