CVE-2020-2276

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Jenkins Selection tasks Plugin 1.0 and earlier executes a user-specified program on the Jenkins controller, allowing attackers with Job/Configure permission to execute an arbitrary system command on the Jenkins controller as the OS user that the Jenkins process is running as.

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins Selection tasks Plugin: through 1.0

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/16/3
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-09-16/#SECURITY-1967
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/16/3
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-09-16/#SECURITY-1967

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