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Medium severity5.6NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-2185

CVE-2020-2185

Description

Jenkins Amazon EC2 Plugin 1.50.1 and earlier does not validate SSH host keys when connecting agents, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ec2Maven	< 1.50.2	1.50.2

Affected products

2

ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins/ec2
Range: < 1.50.2
Jenkins Project/Amazon EC2 Pluginv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

5

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/06/3nvdMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q8qq-2p5p-rg44ghsaADVISORY
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-05-06/nvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2185ghsaADVISORY
github.com/jenkinsci/ec2-plugin/commit/4c9f03ae202e4730fd54eda40771fa4d3873e358ghsaWEB

News mentions

1

Jenkins Security Advisory 2020-05-06
Jenkins Security Advisories · May 6, 2020