CVE-2025-64144 Jenkins ByteGuard Build Actions Plugin stores API tokens unencrypted in job config.xml files

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers with extended read permissions or file system access can view unencrypted API tokens stored in Jenkins job configuration files.

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-2025-64144?

CVE-2025-64144 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins ByteGuard Build Actions Plugin, published on 29 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins ByteGuard Build Actions Plugin 1.0 stores API 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-2025-64144?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including io.jenkins.plugins:byteguard-build-actions. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
io.jenkins.plugins:byteguard-build-actions MavenAll versions to 1.0None
io.jenkins.plugins:byteguard-build-actions MavenAll versions to 1.0None

Products include Jenkins Byteguard Build Actions.

How do I fix CVE-2025-64144?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-64144 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-64144 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-64144 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2vmr-8c82-x8xq.

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