What is CVE-2020-2187?

CVE-2020-2187 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Amazon Ec2, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2020-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-2187?

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

Vulnerability in Jenkins Amazon Ec2

CVE-2020-2187

Jenkins Amazon EC2 Plugin 1.50.1 and earlier unconditionally accepts self-signed certificates and does not perform hostname validation, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.004 (33.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Jenkins Amazon_ec2
Jenkins Project Amazon Ec2 Plugin — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2187?: CVE-2020-2187 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Amazon Ec2, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2020-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-2187?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.