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CVE-2020-2301

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-2301 is a critical vulnerability affecting Jenkins Active Directory Plugin versions 2.19 and earlier. It allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user with any password if that user's successful authentication is still present in the optional cache when using Windows/ADSI mode. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known active exploits, Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:active_directory:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0168 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directoryFixed in: 2.20
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:active-directoryFixed in: 2.16.1
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-954f-xw44-56r2critical

Authentication cache in Active Directory Jenkins Plugin allows logging in with any password

May 24, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2020-11-04
Vendor Advisory