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CVE-2020-2300
Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier does not prohibit the use of an empty password in Windows/ADSI mode, which allows…
Critical9.8EPSS 1.7%
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- jenkins
Description
Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier does not prohibit the use of an empty password in Windows/ADSI mode, which allows attackers to log in to Jenkins as any user depending on the configuration of the Active Directory server.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Jenkins project · Jenkins Active Directory Plugin
- affected unspecified – ≤ 2.19
- unaffected 2.16.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directoryGHSA-8wcw-cw2f-h4g2 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-11-04/#SECURITY-2099 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20201104 Multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins plugins (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8wcw-cw2f-h4g2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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