CVE-2025-53663 json
Jenkins IBM Cloud DevOps Plugin vulnerability exposes SonarQube authentication tokens
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also GHSA-pgrx-5f8q-r5mq , EUVD-2025-20851
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Jenkins IBM Cloud DevOps Plugin 2.0.16 and earlier stores SonarQube authentication 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.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.ibm.devops:ibm-cloud-devops | <=2.0.16 |
no fix listed |
Affected products
- Jenkins Project Jenkins IBM Cloud DevOps Plugin
Classification
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-53663
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pgrx-5f8q-r5mq
- NVD CVE-2025-53663
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