A missing permission check in Jenkins Mac Plugin 1.1.0 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-s
A missing permission check in Jenkins Mac Plugin 1.1.0 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified SSH server using attacker-specified credentials.
- Published
- Mar 9, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.8% · 55th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-863
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Report tools
Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.8%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| jenkins | mac | cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:mac |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- jenkins macup to 1.1.0 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (jenkins). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Jenkins project Jenkins Mac Plugin
- unspecified and later · up to and including 1.1.0affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | fr.edf.jenkins.plugins:mac | before 1.2.0 | 1.2.0 |
Same product
jenkins: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-2146Jenkins Mac Plugin 1.1.0 and earlier does not validate SSH host keys when connecting agents created by the plugin, enabling man-in-the-middl29Monitor
- CVE-2020-2147A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Jenkins Mac Plugin 1.1.0 and earlier allows attackers to connect to an attacker-specified SSH 17Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:fr.edf.jenkins.plugins:mac | 1.2.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-863 · Incorrect AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/09/1
- jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-03-09/#SECURITY-1761
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.