Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Dead Man's Snitch - CVE-2025-53666
Published: July 30, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113439
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-53666
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Dead Man's Snitch
Dead Man's Snitch
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected application stores stores Dead Man’s Snitch tokens unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. A remote user can gain access to secret information.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-53666
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.