CVE-2019-20898 Information disclosure in Jira Server

What is CVE-2019-20898?

CVE-2019-20898 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 13 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Affected versions of Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center allow remote attackers to access sensitive information without being authenticated in the Global permissions screen. The affected versions are before version 8.8.0.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20898?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Jira Software Data Center.

How do I fix CVE-2019-20898?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-20898 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Jira

• CVE-2020-14172 Deserialization in Jira Server Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-20409 Code injection in Jira Server Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-5983 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-1165 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2016-4319 Cross-site request forgery in Atlassian JIRA Server before 7.1.9 High 8.8

All Atlassian Jira vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-vm5f-v8rf-rwpx.