High
Security advisory
Jenkins Cobertura Plugin 1.15 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-2138
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Jenkins Cobertura Plugin 1.15 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
osv:CVE-2020-2138
Complete source record
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"cobertura-1.7",
"cobertura-1.6",
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"cobertura-1.4",
"cobertura-1.3",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:52.592204167Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-03-09/#SECURITY-1700"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 437746,
"published_at": "2020-03-09T16:15:12.967+00:00"
}