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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2020-2181 json

Secrets are not masked by Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin in builds without build steps

published 2020-05-06 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-43j2-r4v3-m8jp , EUVD-2022-2282

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin 1.22 and earlier does not mask (i.e., replace with asterisks) secrets in the build log when the build contains no build steps.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding 1.23
  • jenkins-2-plugins openshift 4.3 4.3.1601981312-1.el7
  • jenkins-2-plugins openshift 4.4 4.4.1598545590-1.el7
  • python-rsa openshift 4.5 4.5-1.el7
  • python2-rsa openshift 4.5 4.5-1.el7
  • jenkins-2-plugins openshift 4.5 4.5.1596698303-1.el7
  • prometheus openshift 3.11 3.11.248-1.git.1.ad54f5b.el7
  • python-urllib3 openshift 3.11 1.24.3-1.el7
  • openshift-kuryr openshift 3.11 3.11.248-1.git.1.f90c804.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4265RHSA-2020:3625RHSA-2020:3453RHBA-2020:2990

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-2181 updated cvss 6.5

jenkins-credentials-binding-plugin: information disclosure in build log when build contains no build steps

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 python-urllib3 1.24.3-1.el7, python2-urllib3 1.24.3-1.el7, jenkins-2-plugins 3.11.1593081747-1.el7, prometheus 3.11.248-1.git.1.ad54f5b.el7, openshift-kuryr 3.11.248-1.git.1.f90c804.el7, openshift-ansible 3.11.248-1.git.0.fd212c7.el7, +23 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2020:2990
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3 jenkins-2-plugins 4.3.1601981312-1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4265
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 jenkins-2-plugins 4.4.1598545590-1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3625
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 jenkins-2-plugins 4.5.1596698303-1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3453
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3 perf 4.18.0-193.24.1.el8_2.dt1, kernel 4.18.0-193.24.1.el8_2.dt1, bpftool 4.18.0-193.24.1.el8_2.dt1, kernel-core 4.18.0-193.24.1.el8_2.dt1, kernel-tools 4.18.0-193.24.1.el8_2.dt1, python3-perf 4.18.0-193.24.1.el8_2.dt1, +51 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 python-rsa 4.5-1.el7, python2-rsa 4.5-1.el7
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:credentials-binding
<1.23
1.23

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.