CVE-2025-67637: Jenkins's build authorization token is stored and displayed in plain text

December 10, 2025

Jenkins 2.540 and earlier, LTS 2.528.2 and earlier stores build authorization 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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-fxj7-6v9w-xc76
github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins
github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/4710d65339251aaf1d1599f19545db99be24d981
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67637
www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2025-12-10/

Code Behaviors & Features

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