Secret stored in plain text by Jenkins GitHub Coverage Reporter Plugin

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2020-2212 · GHSA-5r5f-hcwf-r9jh · Published 02/07/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-2212 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting io.jenkins.plugins:github-coverage-reporter, github coverage reporter (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.69%, higher than 53.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
io.jenkins.plugins:github-coverage-reporter Maven	`≤ 1.10`	No fix yet
github coverage reporter jenkins	`≤ 1.8`	No fix yet

Description

GitHub Coverage Reporter Plugin 1.10 and earlier stores a GitHub access token in plain text in its global configuration file io.jenkins.plugins.gcr.PluginConfiguration.xml. This token can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

NVD description

Jenkins GitHub Coverage Reporter Plugin 1.8 and earlier stores secrets unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with access to the master file system or read permissions on the system configuration.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2212 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/github-coverage-reporter-plugin · PACKAGE
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-07-02 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/02/7 · WEB

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