CVE-2025-64135: Jenkins Eggplant Runner Plugin protection mechanism disabled

October 29, 2025 (updated November 5, 2025)

Jenkins Eggplant Runner Plugin 0.0.1.301.v963cffe8ddb_8 and earlier sets the Java system property jdk.http.auth.tunneling.disabledSchemes to an empty value as part of applying a proxy configuration.

This disables a protection mechanism of the Java runtime addressing CVE-2016-5597.

As of publication of this advisory, there is no fix.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-w5r3-gr8w-7fj5
github.com/jenkinsci/eggplant-runner-plugin
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64135
www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2025-10-29/

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