Vulnerability · Published Sep 17, 2025 · Assigned by jenkins

CVE-2025-59475

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Jenkins from Jenkins Project. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Jenkins 2.527 and earlier, LTS 2.516.2 and earlier does not perform a permission check for the authenticated user profile dropdown menu, allowing attackers without Overall/Read permission to obtain limited information about the Jenkins configuration by listing available options in this menu (e.g., whether Credentials Plugin is installed).

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core	2.516.3	GHSA-223m-4rfp-646h
Maven	org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core	2.528	GHSA-223m-4rfp-646h

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Jenkins Project	Jenkins	see references

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Jenkins Security Advisory 2025-09-17 vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/17/1