High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 9, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-2158

Description

Jenkins Literate Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its YAML parser to prevent the instantiation of arbitrary types, resulting in a remote code execution vulnerability.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:literateMaven	<= 1.0	—

Affected products

ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins/literate
Range: <= 1.0
Jenkins Project/Literate Plugincpe-rescue
Range: unspecified
Jenkins Project/Literate
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:literate:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*
Range: <=1.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/09/1nvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-c329-r874-xc7jghsaADVISORY
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-03-09/nvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2158ghsaADVISORY

News mentions

Jenkins Security Advisory 2020-03-09
Jenkins Security Advisories · Mar 9, 2020

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