CVE-2025-59476 Jenkins has a log message injection vulnerability
Attackers can inject line breaks into Jenkins logs to forge entries, misleading administrators during log review.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-59476?
CVE-2025-59476 is a medium-severity 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 restrict or transform the characters that can be inserted from user-specified content in log messages, allowing attackers able to control log message contents to insert line break characters, followed by forged log messages that may mislead administrators reviewing log output.
Weakness: CWE-117
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59476?
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-2025-59476?
Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.516.3 or 2.528.
Is CVE-2025-59476 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59476 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as BIT-jenkins-2025-59476, GHSA-qrh5-jg98-cr48, MINI-3f26-v58r-fwj3, MINI-qj5p-v93h-67jx, MINI-xxvm-8mq7-pj7v.