CVE-2020-14165 Missing authorization in Jira Server and Data Center

What is CVE-2020-14165?

CVE-2020-14165 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 1 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The UniversalAvatarResource.getAvatars resource in Jira Server and Data Center before version 8.9.0 allows remote attackers to obtain information about custom project avatars names via an Improper authorization vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14165?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Jira Software Data Center.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2020-14165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14165 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
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Also known as GHSA-3mg2-cp6w-h88p.