Unencrypted API Key Leak in Jenkins Kryptowire Plugin <0.3
CVE-2025-53672 Published on July 9, 2025
Jenkins Kryptowire Plugin 0.2 and earlier stores the Kryptowire API key unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller, where it can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-53672 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
The application stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Because the information is stored in cleartext, attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-53672
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Affected Versions
Jenkins Project Jenkins Kryptowire Plugin:- Before and including 0.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.