# CVE-2017-16865: Server-side request forgery in Jira

> Remote attackers can exploit a Server Side Request Forgery in the Trello importer to access internal network resources and sensitive metadata credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jan 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7vh9-vmfj-h37x

## What is CVE-2017-16865?

CVE-2017-16865 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 17 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Trello importer in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.1 allows remote attackers to access the content of internal network resources via a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). When running in an environment like Amazon EC2, this flaw maybe used to access to a metadata resource that provides access credentials and other potentially confidential information.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16865?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Atlassian Jira.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-16865?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16865 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-16865 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Jira

- [CVE-2020-14172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14172/): Deserialization in Jira Server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-20409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20409/): Code injection in Jira Server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-5983](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5983/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2010-1165](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1165/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2016-4319](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4319/): Cross-site request forgery in Atlassian JIRA Server before 7.1.9 (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-16865 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-16865 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 17 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Atlassian Jira. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16865/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16865/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16865
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16865
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16865

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