CVE-2020-2228 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Jenkins Gitlab Authentication Plugin versions 1.5 and earlier, stemming from improper group authorization checks. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows a low-privileged attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability carries a FAUCET Risk Score of 68/100.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:gitlab_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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