CVE-2020-2276
Jenkins Selection tasks Plugin 1.0 and earlier executes a user-specified program on the Jenkins controller, allowing attackers with Job/Configure permission to execute an arbitrary system command on the Jenkins controller as the OS user that the Jenkins…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Jenkins Selection tasks Plugin 1.0 and earlier executes a user-specified program on the Jenkins controller, allowing attackers with Job/Configure permission to execute an arbitrary system command on the Jenkins controller as the OS user that the Jenkins process is running as.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.62% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- jenkins/selection tasks
- Source
- jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com
EPSS 1.6% 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.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/16/3Third Party Advisory
- https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-09-16/#SECURITY-1967Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/16/3Third Party Advisory
- https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-09-16/#SECURITY-1967Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.