# CVE-2017-18101: Missing authorization in Jira

> Remote attackers can execute import operations and detect internal services due to missing permission checks in administrative resources.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3mvr-qcj7-4jj5

## What is CVE-2017-18101?

CVE-2017-18101 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 10 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Various administrative external system import resources in Atlassian JIRA Server (including JIRA Core) before version 7.6.5, from version 7.7.0 before version 7.7.3, from version 7.8.0 before version 7.8.3 and before version 7.9.0 allow remote attackers to run import operations and to determine if an internal service exists through missing permission checks.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18101?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Jira Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-18101?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18101 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-18101 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18101 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-2017-18101 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-18101 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 10 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18101 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-2017-18101/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18101/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18101
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18101
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18101

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