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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-2300

Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier does not prohibit the use of an empty password in Windows/ADSI mode, which allows attackers to log in to Jenkins as any user depending on the configuration of the Active Directory server.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-2300

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Nov 2020, 15:15 UTC

Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier does not prohibit the use of an empty password in Windows/ADSI mode, which allows attackers to log in to Jenkins as any user depending on the configuration of the Active Directory server.

osv:CVE-2020-2300
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-2300",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-2300",
    "summary": "Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.19 and earlier does not prohibit the use of an empty password in Windows/ADSI mode, which allows attackers to log in to Jenkins as any user depending on the configuration of the Active Directory server.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-2300",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:58.045749201Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-11-04/#SECURITY-2099"
      ],
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438988,
  "published_at": "2020-11-04T15:15:11.067+00:00"
}