# CVE-2018-5231: Denial of service in Jira

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Atlassian Jira by sending requests to the ForgotLoginDetails resource.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 May 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j5g5-xqvm-c9w3

## What is CVE-2018-5231?

CVE-2018-5231 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 16 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ForgotLoginDetails resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.6, from version 7.7.0 before version 7.7.4, from version 7.8.0 before version 7.8.4 and from version 7.9.0 before version 7.9.2 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service attack via sending requests to it.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5231?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Jira Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-5231?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5231 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-5231 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5231 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-2018-5231 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-5231 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 16 May 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-2018-5231 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-2018-5231/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5231/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5231
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5231
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5231

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5231/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.