What is CVE-2020-2197?

CVE-2020-2197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Project Inheritance, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-06-03.

How severe is CVE-2020-2197?

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

Vulnerability in Jenkins Project Inheritance

CVE-2020-2197

Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not require users to have Job/ExtendedRead permission to access Inheritance Project job configurations in XML format.

Published 2020-06-03 · 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: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Project Inheritance
Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 19.08.02

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-06-03/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/03/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2197?: CVE-2020-2197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Project Inheritance, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-06-03.
How severe is CVE-2020-2197?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.