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XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Cobertura PluginGHSA-vpfj-5gg5-fvfm

HIGHFix: jenkinsci/cobertura-plugin@fdee535

GHSA-vpfj-5gg5-fvfm is a high-severity (CVSS 7.1) XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura. A fix is available for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2020-2138
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 10, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.9%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs61th percentile — riskier than 61% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.48%0.95%1.43%0.2%0.9%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

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Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
☕org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura

Real-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

Cobertura Plugin 1.15 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

This allows a user able to control the input files for the 'Publish Cobertura Coverage Report' post-build step to have Jenkins parse a crafted file that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.

Cobertura Plugin 1.16 disables external entity resolution for its XML parser.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
☕Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.plugins:coberturaall versions1.16org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura:1.16

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
coberturajenkins
≤ 1.15
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cobertura to 1.16 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-vpfj-5gg5-fvfm is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Restrict outbound requests from the affected component to an allowlist of hosts, block access to link-local and internal address ranges at the network layer, and require authentication on internal services so a forged request cannot reach them unauthenticated.

Frequently Asked Questions

Cobertura Plugin 1.15 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This allows a user able to control the input files for the 'Publish Cobertura Coverage Report' post-build step to have Jenkins parse a crafted file that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery. Cobertura Plugin 1.16 disables external entity resolution for its XML parser.
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XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Cobertura Plugin (High 7.1)