What is CVE-2020-2097?

CVE-2020-2097 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Sounds, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-2097?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Jenkins Sounds

CVE-2020-2097

Jenkins Sounds Plugin 0.5 and earlier does not perform permission checks in URLs performing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read access to execute arbitrary OS commands as the OS user account running Jenkins.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2020-01-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Sounds
Jenkins Project Sounds Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-01-15/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2097?: CVE-2020-2097 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Sounds, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-2097?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.