CVE-2025-54877 Tuleap's special and always there fields permissions are not verified in cross-tracker search

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can read restricted special field content in cross-tracker searches, bypassing intended permission controls in Tuleap.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-54877?

CVE-2025-54877 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Enalean Tuleap, published on 29 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Tuleap is an Open Source Suite created to facilitate management of software development and collaboration. In Tuleap Community Edition versions before 16.10.99.1754050155 and Tuleap Enterprise Edition versions before 16.9-8 and before 16.10-5, an attacker can access to the content of the special and always there fields of accessible artifacts even if the permissions associated with the underlying fields do not allow it. This issue has been fixed in Tuleap Community Edition version 16.10.99.1754050155 and Tuleap Enterprise Edition versions 16.9-8 and 16.10-5.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54877?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Enalean Tuleap.

How do I fix CVE-2025-54877?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54877 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-54877 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54877 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-m5qc-c3q5-2p29.

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