CVE-2017-18042 Cross-site request forgery in Bamboo

What is CVE-2017-18042?

CVE-2017-18042 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Bamboo, published on 2 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The update user administration resource in Atlassian Bamboo before version 6.3.1 allows remote attackers to modify user data including passwords via a Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18042?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Atlassian Bamboo.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18042?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-18042 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Bamboo

• CVE-2026-21589 Atlassian Multiple Products Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2022-26136 Auth bypass in Bamboo Data Center Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-5229 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-9757 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-8360 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-r9x7-xrj8-46fr.