Fortify Plugin stored credentials in plain text

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2020-2107 · GHSA-xr37-pjfh-qwwc · Published 29/01/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-2107 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:fortify, fortify (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.65%, higher than 51.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 19.2.30 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:fortify Maven	`< 19.2.30`	`19.2.30`
fortify jenkins	`≤ 19.1.29`	No fix yet

Description

Fortify Plugin 19.1.29 and earlier stored its proxy server password unencrypted in job config.xml files. This password could be read by users with the Extended Read permission.

Fortify Plugin 19.2.30 now encrypts the proxy server password.

NVD description

Jenkins Fortify Plugin 19.1.29 and earlier stores proxy server passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2107 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/fortify-plugin · PACKAGE
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-01-29 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/29/1 · WEB

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

org.jenkins-ci.plugins:fortify

Maven

< 19.2.30

19.2.30

fortify

jenkins

≤ 19.1.29

No fix yet

Description

Fortify Plugin 19.1.29 and earlier stored its proxy server password unencrypted in job config.xml files. This password could be read by users with the Extended Read permission.

Fortify Plugin 19.2.30 now encrypts the proxy server password.

NVD description

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