# CVE-2025-59475: Jenkins is missing a permission check in the authenticated users' profile menu

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-59475-jenkins-is-missing-a-permission-check-in-the-authenticated-users  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-09-17  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-59475 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-09-17

Jenkins is missing a permission check in the authenticated users' profile menu

Technologies: [org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-jenkins-ci-main-jenkins-core). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-59475 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-59475 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-59475?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 17 September 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.516.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-59475?** Yes. org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven): upgrade to 2.516.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-59475?** Check whether you run org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven): upgrade to 2.516.3 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to 2.516.3 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.516.3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-59475
- GHSA-223m-4rfp-646h

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