CVE-2025-59475

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-09-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

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 products

Jenkins: before 2.516.3; before 2.528 — fixed in 2.516.3, 2.528

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Jenkins 2.516.3, 2.528. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2025-09-17/#SECURITY-3625
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/17/1

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