CVE-2025-53902
Published: 29 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-53902 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Enalean Tuleap. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Information Repositories (T1213); ranked at the 46.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-23039
Vulnerability details
Tuleap is an Open Source Suite created to facilitate management of software development and collaboration. In Tuleap Community Edition prior to version 16.9.99.1752585665 and Tuleap Enterprise Edition prior to 16.8-6 and 16.9-5, users may potentially access confidential information from artifacts…
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that they are not authorized to view. This is fixed in Tuleap Community Edition prior to version 16.9.99.1752585665 and Tuleap Enterprise Edition prior to 16.8-6 and 16.9-5.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability is an authorization bypass in Tuleap, allowing low-privileged users to access confidential information from unauthorized artifacts via email notifications, facilitating unauthorized data collection from an information repository (T1213).
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Periodic review and update of procedures reduces incorrect authorization implementations over time.
Supervision identifies cases where authorization logic incorrectly permits unauthorized actions.
Defining permitted attribute values and auditing modifications reduces the chance of incorrect authorization outcomes due to tampered or missing labels.
The authorization process and usage restrictions help prevent incorrect authorization for remote access types.
Establishing configuration and connection requirements helps ensure correct rather than incorrect authorization for wireless access.
Establishing connection authorization processes for mobile devices helps ensure authorization decisions are correctly implemented rather than incorrect.
Monitoring account use, notifying on changes, and reviewing accounts for compliance corrects incorrect authorization assignments.
Ensures authorization decisions for external system use are correctly implemented and enforced.