What is CVE-2020-2185?

CVE-2020-2185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Amazon Ec2. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2020-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-2185?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins Amazon Ec2

CVE-2020-2185

Jenkins Amazon EC2 Plugin 1.50.1 and earlier does not validate SSH host keys when connecting agents, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.

Published 2020-05-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Amazon Ec2
Jenkins Project Amazon Ec2 Plugin — versions unspecified

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-05-06/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/06/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2185?: CVE-2020-2185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Amazon Ec2. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2020-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-2185?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.