What is CVE-2025-27623?

CVE-2025-27623 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-03-05.

How severe is CVE-2025-27623?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins

CVE-2025-27623

Jenkins 2.499 and earlier, LTS 2.492.1 and earlier does not redact encrypted values of secrets when accessing `config.xml` of views via REST API or CLI, allowing attackers with View/Read permission to view encrypted values of secrets.

EPSS: 0.003 (24.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Jenkins
Jenkins Project — versions 2.492.2, 2.500

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-27623?: CVE-2025-27623 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-03-05.
How severe is CVE-2025-27623?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.