CVE-2025-64146
Jenkins Curseforge Publisher 1.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NSummary
CVE-2025-64146 is a medium-severity Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data (CWE-311) vulnerability in Jenkins Curseforge Publisher. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Credentials In Files (T1552.001); ranked at the 6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-28 (Protection of Information at Rest) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-36647
Vulnerability Data
Jenkins Curseforge Publisher Plugin 1.0 stores API Keys 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.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability stores API keys unencrypted in job config.xml files, directly enabling credential access from configuration files (T1552.001) and the Windows registry equivalent via file system access (T1552.002).
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires encryption of sensitive data (API keys) stored at rest in config.xml files.
Enforces access decisions so that Item/Extended Read or file-system access does not expose plaintext credentials.
Limits the set of users granted permissions that allow reading job configuration containing secrets.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.DS-01 directly mandates encryption for data-at-rest and therefore prevents CWE-311 mostly for storage, yet the weakness also spans transmission and other contexts that this single at-rest control leaves unaddressed.
PR.DS-02 directly eliminates the transmission facet of CWE-311 via mandatory encryption but leaves the storage facet untouched, so each direction rates only partial.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Explicit rules requiring encryption for sensitive information in transit eliminate the weakness of sending data without cryptographic protection.
Explicitly calling for protection of data in transit and at rest, plus secure encryption of communications, drives the implementation of encryption that prevents clear-text exposure of sensitive information.