High
Security advisory
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73 transmits and displays the SMTP password in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in its exposure.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-2232
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73 transmits and displays the SMTP password in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in its exposure.
osv:CVE-2020-2232
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-2232",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "CVE-2020-2232",
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"evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-2232",
"products": [],
"severity": "high",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
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"type": "GIT",
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.153363081Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-08-12/#SECURITY-1975"
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 434153,
"published_at": "2020-08-12T14:15:13.33+00:00"
}