# CVE-2025-67643: Jenkins Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin has a path traversal vulnerability

> Attackers with Item/Configure permission can read arbitrary files from the Jenkins controller workspace due to improper path validation during artifact uploads.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qxh4-j39m-qfx4

## What is CVE-2025-67643?

CVE-2025-67643 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin, published on 10 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Jenkins Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin 1.054.v7b_9517b_6b_202 and earlier does not correctly perform path validation of the workspace directory while uploading artifacts to Jira, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to retrieve files present on the Jenkins controller workspace directory.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-67643?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkinsci.plugins:pipeline-reporter-by-redpen. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.jenkinsci.plugins:pipeline-reporter-by-redpen` | Maven | All versions to 1.054 | None |
| `org.jenkinsci.plugins:pipeline-reporter-by-redpen` | Maven | All versions to 1.054 | None |

Products: Jenkins Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-67643?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-67643 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-67643 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-67643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-67643 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-67643 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin, published on 10 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-67643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.jenkinsci.plugins:pipeline-reporter-by-redpen (Maven): affected all versions up to 1.054; no fix listed
- org.jenkinsci.plugins:pipeline-reporter-by-redpen (Maven): affected all versions up to 1.054; no fix listed

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-67643/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-67643/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-67643
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67643
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-67643

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-67643/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.