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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-2158

Jenkins Literate Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its YAML parser to prevent the instantiation of arbitrary types, resulting in a remote code execution vulnerability.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:11 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-2158

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Mar 2020, 16:15 UTC

Jenkins Literate Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its YAML parser to prevent the instantiation of arbitrary types, resulting in a remote code execution vulnerability.

osv:CVE-2020-2158
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.629043782Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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