CVE-2020-2255 — blueocean
MEDIUMCVE-2020-2255 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-862 vulnerability in io.jenkins.blueocean:blueocean. A fix is available for io.jenkins.blueocean:blueocean — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Missing permission check in Blue Ocean Plugin
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2020-2255 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,333 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
io.jenkins.blueocean:blueoceanReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
A missing permission check in Jenkins Blue Ocean Plugin 1.23.2 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | io.jenkins.blueocean:blueocean | all versions | 1.23.3io.jenkins.blueocean:blueocean:1.23.3 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for io.jenkins.blueocean:blueocean, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update io.jenkins.blueocean:blueocean to 1.23.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-2255 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2020-2255 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2020-2255. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | jenkins-2-plugins-0:3.11.1603460090-1.el7 | RHSA-2020:5102 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.6.1601368321-1.el8 | RHSA-2020:4297 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-2255 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2020-2255 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.