Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Aqua Security Scanner - CVE-2025-53653
Published: July 29, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113412
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-53653
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected application stores Scanner Tokens for Aqua API unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. A remote user can gain access to secret information.
Affected software
Aqua Security Scanner
How to mitigate CVE-2025-53653
Install updates from vendor's website.
Aqua Security Scanner - update to 3.2.9