CVE-2025-59474 Jenkins has a missing permission check, allowing users to obtain agent names
Attackers without read permissions can list agent names via the sidepanel, exposing infrastructure details in Jenkins.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-59474?
CVE-2025-59474 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 17 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Jenkins 2.527 and earlier, LTS 2.516.2 and earlier does not perform a permission check in the sidepanel of a page intentionally accessible to users lacking Overall/Read permission, allowing attackers without Overall/Read permission to list agent names through its sidepanel executors widget.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59474?
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 | 2.516.3 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | All versions | 2.516.3 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | From 2.517 | 2.528 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | From 2.517 | 2.528 |
jenkins Bitnami | All versions | 2.516.3, 2.528.0 |
Products include Jenkins Jenkins.
How do I fix CVE-2025-59474?
Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.516.3 or 2.528.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-59474 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-59474 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
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- 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-2025-59474, GHSA-67v4-38h7-9jjp, MINI-54g7-4vhp-9vjq, MINI-c2m7-h82p-qphg, MINI-gh5c-7xxw-q7gp.