Missing permission checks in Jenkins Sounds Plugin allow OS command execution

HIGH 8.8CVE-2020-2097 · GHSA-h8w6-c53g-53vv · Published 15/01/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-2097 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:sounds, sounds (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 68.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.6 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:sounds Maven	`< 0.6`	`0.6`
sounds jenkins	`≤ 0.5`	No fix yet

Description

Jenkins Sounds Plugin 0.5 and earlier does not perform permission checks in URLs performing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read access to execute arbitrary OS commands as the OS user account running Jenkins.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2097 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/sounds-plugin commit 0c376d4 · WEB
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-01-15 · WEB

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