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CVE-2020-2254 (GCVE-0-2020-2254)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-16 13:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:01
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Summary
Jenkins Blue Ocean Plugin 1.23.2 and earlier provides an undocumented feature flag that, when enabled, allows an attacker with Job/Configure or Job/Create permission to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller file system.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Jenkins project Jenkins Blue Ocean Plugin Affected: unspecified , ≤ 1.23.2 (custom)
Unaffected: 1.19.2
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