CVE-2021-43946 Missing authorization in Jira Data Center

What is CVE-2021-43946?

CVE-2021-43946 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Data Center, published on 5 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Affected versions of Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center allow authenticated remote attackers to add administrator groups to filter subscriptions via a Broken Access Control vulnerability in the /secure/EditSubscription.jspa endpoint. The affected versions are before version 8.13.21, and from version 8.14.0 before 8.20.9.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-43946?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Atlassian Jira Data Center, Atlassian Jira Server.

How do I fix CVE-2021-43946?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-43946 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-2021-43946 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-43946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Jira Data Center

• CVE-2021-26086 Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Path Traversal Exploited Medium 5.3
• CVE-2022-0540 Auth bypass in Jira Core Server Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-36239 Deserialization in Jira Core Data Center Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-22167 Path traversal in Jira Software Data Center High 8.7
• CVE-2019-20419 Other in Jira Server High 7.8

All Atlassian Jira Data Center vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-g68c-mch5-w4f4.