CVE-2025-27623 Jenkins reveals encrypted values of secrets stored in agent configuration to users with Agent/Extended Read permission

What is CVE-2025-27623?

CVE-2025-27623 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 5 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins 2.499 and earlier, LTS 2.492.1 and earlier does not redact encrypted values of secrets when accessing `config.xml` of views via REST API or CLI, allowing attackers with View/Read permission to view encrypted values of secrets.

Weakness: CWE-312

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27623?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core and jenkins. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins.

How do I fix CVE-2025-27623?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.492.2 or 2.500.

Is CVE-2025-27623 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27623 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-jenkins-2025-27623, GHSA-rfh6-9r2q-98vf, MINI-cqw2-mfm8-v9wm, MINI-h65r-q37m-2jm2.