CVE-2025-31721 Jenkins Missing Permission Check
Attackers with limited permissions can copy agents to access encrypted secrets due to a missing permission check in Jenkins.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-31721?
CVE-2025-31721 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 2 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A missing permission check in Jenkins 2.503 and earlier, LTS 2.492.2 and earlier allows attackers with Computer/Create permission but without Computer/Configure permission to copy an agent, gaining access to encrypted secrets in its configuration.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31721?
5 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core and jenkins. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | All versions | 2.492.3 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | All versions | 2.492.3 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | From 2.500 | 2.504 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | From 2.500 | 2.504 |
jenkins Bitnami | All versions | 2.492.3, 2.504.1 |
Products include Jenkins Jenkins.
How do I fix CVE-2025-31721?
Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.492.3 or 2.504.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-31721 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31721 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Jenkins
- CVE-2024-23897 Jenkins Command Line Interface (CLI) Path Traversal
- CVE-2018-1000861 Jenkins Stapler Web Framework Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2017-1000353 Jenkins Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2015-5317 Jenkins User Interface (UI) Information Disclosure
- CVE-2021-21690 Multiple vulnerabilities allow bypassing path filtering of agent-to-controller access control in Jenkins
Sources
Also known as BIT-jenkins-2025-31721, GHSA-wr6w-jxg7-qpfh, MINI-c55r-cpw3-6555, MINI-cgxg-wjvq-h7r5.