Jenkins 2.527 & LTS 2.516.2 Authenticated-User Profile Dropdown Bypass
CVE-2025-59475 Published on September 17, 2025
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).
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-59475 can be exploited 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 small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVE-2025-59475 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-59475
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Affected Versions
Jenkins Project Jenkins:- Version 2.516.3 and below 2.516.* is unaffected.
- Version 2.528 and below * is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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