Credentials stored in plain text by Jenkins White Source Plugin

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2020-2213 · GHSA-v8v2-fhgv-3vq2 · Published 02/07/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-2213 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:whitesource, white source (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.69%, higher than 53.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 20.8.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:whitesource Maven	`< 20.8.1`	`20.8.1`
white source jenkins	`≤ 19.1.1`	No fix yet

Description

White Source Plugin prior to version 20.8.1 stores credentials in plain text as part of its global configuration file org.whitesource.jenkins.pipeline.WhiteSourcePipelineStep.xml and job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller. These credentials could be viewed by users with Extended Read permission (in the case of job config.xml files) or access to the Jenkins controller file system. Version 20.8.1 contains a patch for the issue.

NVD description

Jenkins White Source Plugin 19.1.1 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file and in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission (config.xml), or access to the master file system.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2213 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/whitesource-plugin commit 4a9ee37 · WEB
jenkinsci/whitesource-plugin · PACKAGE
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-07-02 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/02/7 · WEB

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

org.jenkins-ci.plugins:whitesource

Maven

< 20.8.1

20.8.1

white source

jenkins

≤ 19.1.1

No fix yet

Description

NVD description