Jenkins is missing a permission check in the authenticated users' profile menu

published 2025-09-17 13 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also BIT-jenkins-2025-59475 , EUVD-2025-29722 , GHSA-223m-4rfp-646h

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

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).

Patch / fix

fixed in 3

maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 2.516.3, 2.528
bitnami jenkins 2.516.3, 2.528.0
Jenkins Project Jenkins 2.528

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-59475 updated 2026-06-28 cvss 4.3

jenkins: Missing permission check in authenticated users' profile menu

Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services jenkins
affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 13 mo ago (2025-09-25)

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core	<2.516.3 >=2.517, <2.528	2.516.3 2.528
bitnami	jenkins	<2.516.3 >=2.517.0, <2.528.0	2.516.3 2.528.0

Affected products

Jenkins Project Jenkins

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

Jenkins rss critical rss

References

jenkins.io /security/advisory/2025-09-17/#SECURITY-3625
vendor-advisory, web, advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/09/17/1
web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59475
advisory, web
github.com /jenkinsci/jenkins
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary