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CVE-2020-2121 (GCVE-0-2020-2121)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-12 14:35 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:01
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Summary
Jenkins Google Kubernetes Engine Plugin 0.8.0 and earlier does not configure its YAML parser to prevent the instantiation of arbitrary types, resulting in a remote code execution vulnerability.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Jenkins project Jenkins Google Kubernetes Engine Plugin Affected: unspecified , ≤ 0.8.0 (custom)
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