What is CVE-2020-2177?

CVE-2020-2177 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Copr, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-2177?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins Copr

CVE-2020-2177

Jenkins Copr Plugin 0.3 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.

Published 2020-04-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Copr
Jenkins Project Copr Plugin — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-04-16/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/16/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2177?: CVE-2020-2177 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Copr, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-2177?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.