Missing authorization in Jenkins
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Jenkins 2.527 and earlier, LTS 2.516.2 and earlier does not perform a permission check in the sidepanel of a page intentionally accessible to users lacking Overall/Read permission, allowing attackers without Overall/Read permission to list agent names through its sidepanel executors widget.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins | Jenkins | — | 2.516.3, 2.528 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) | before 2.516.3 | 2.516.3 | Patch available | GHSA-67v4-38h7-9jjp |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) | 2.517 to before 2.528 | 2.528 | Patch available | GHSA-67v4-38h7-9jjp |
- Jenkins VendorJenkins Affected — Fixed in 2.516.3, 2.528 Patch available CNA
- org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.516.3 Fixed in 2.516.3 Patch available GHSA-67v4-38h7-9jjp
- org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.517 to before 2.528 Fixed in 2.528 Patch available GHSA-67v4-38h7-9jjp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Jenkins (Jenkins Project) Fixed in 2.516.3, 2.528
- Fix · GHSA-67v4-38h7-9jjp org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Fixed in 2.516.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-67v4-38h7-9jjp org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Fixed in 2.528 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Jenkins — Jenkins Security Advisory 2025-09-17
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-37021 Injection in JenkinsPriority LOW 30
- TI-2025-37020 Missing authorization in JenkinsPriority LOW 21
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-59474
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-67v4-38h7-9jjp
References
More Jenkins vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-15885 Path traversal in Jenkins KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-14573 Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-04472 The Fingerprints pages in Jenkins before 1.638 and LTS before 1.625.2 might allow remote… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-07596 The remoting module in Jenkins before 2.32 and LTS before 2.19.3 allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-59474 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-59474 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-67v4-38h7-9jjp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-59474 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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