CVE-2021-41311 Auth bypass in Jira Data Center
Attackers with revoked admin access can modify project roles in Atlassian Jira due to broken authentication, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-41311?
CVE-2021-41311 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Data Center, published on 8 Dec 2021. 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 attackers with access to an administrator account that has had its access revoked to modify projects' Users & Roles settings, via a Broken Authentication vulnerability in the /plugins/servlet/project-config/PROJECT/roles endpoint. The affected versions are before version 8.19.1.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41311?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Atlassian Jira Software Data Center.
How do I fix CVE-2021-41311?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41311 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2021-41311 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41311 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Jira Data Center
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7fxq-g996-6g8m.