CVE-2025-53663 Jenkins IBM Cloud DevOps Plugin vulnerability exposes SonarQube authentication tokens
Attackers with extended read permissions or file system access can view unencrypted SonarQube authentication tokens stored in Jenkins job configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-53663?
CVE-2025-53663 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins IBM Cloud DevOps Plugin, published on 9 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Jenkins IBM Cloud DevOps Plugin 2.0.16 and earlier stores SonarQube authentication tokens unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller, where they can be viewed by users with Item/Extended Read permission or access to the Jenkins controller file system.
Weakness: CWE-311
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53663?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.ibm.devops:ibm-cloud-devops. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.ibm.devops:ibm-cloud-devops Maven | All versions to 2.0.16 | None |
com.ibm.devops:ibm-cloud-devops Maven | All versions to 2.0.16 | None |
Products include Jenkins Ibm Cloud Devops.
How do I fix CVE-2025-53663?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53663 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-53663 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53663 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pgrx-5f8q-r5mq.