CVE-2020-2299 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Jenkins Active Directory Plugin versions 2.19 and earlier. An unauthenticated attacker can log in as any user by providing a specific "magic constant" as the password. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:active_directory:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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