Improper authentication in Atlassian Jira Server
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Affected versions of Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center allow a user who has had their Jira Service Management access revoked to export audit logs of another user's Jira Service Management project via a Broken Authentication vulnerability in the /plugins/servlet/audit/resource endpoint. The affected versions of Jira Server and Data Center are before version 8.19.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Jira Server (Atlassian) Fixed in 8.19.1
- Fix · CNA Jira Data Center (Atlassian) Fixed in 8.19.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Atlassian Jira Data Center, Jira Server 8.19.1
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-18140 Improper authentication in Atlassian Jira ServerPriority MEDIUM 40
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-41309
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r365-w92w-v4hv
References
More Atlassian Jira Software Data Center vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-11099 Deserialization of untrusted data in Atlassian Jira Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-14643 Injection in Atlassian Jira Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-18136 Authorization bypass in Atlassian Jira Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-18135 Authorization bypass in Atlassian Jira Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-18134 Authorization bypass in Atlassian Jira Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-18140 Improper authentication in Atlassian Jira Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2021-41309 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-41309 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r365-w92w-v4hv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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