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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-2208

Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin 1.7 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.

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CVE-2020-2208
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1 Nov 2026, 08:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-2208

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Jul 2020, 15:15 UTC

Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin 1.7 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.

osv:CVE-2020-2208
Complete source record
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  "id": "6eb4bf7ce4dd05ceccc6441ad8f61f87fd99877eadfa6d88f5f55089c4922ad0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-2208",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-2208",
    "summary": "Jenkins Slack Upload Plugin 1.7 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-2208",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-2208",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-2208",
        "GHSA-656g-hf8v-x2rw"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/slack-uploader-plugin",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "14bc2daf729b1baa996f499aeab1d2ee5c86735b"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:slack_upload:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "slack-uploader-1.7",
            "slack-uploader-1.6",
            "slack-uploader-1.5",
            "slack-uploader-1.4",
            "slack-uploader-1.3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-2208.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:02.163420103Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-07-02/#SECURITY-1627"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-2208",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439960,
  "published_at": "2020-07-02T15:15:17.77+00:00"
}