CVE-2025-22167 Path traversal in Jira Software Data Center
An attacker can modify any filesystem path writable by the Jira JVM process, requiring an upgrade to a patched version.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-22167?
CVE-2025-22167 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Data Center, published on 22 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
This High severity Path Traversal (Arbitrary Write) vulnerability was introduced in versions: 9.12.0, 10.3.0 and remain present in 11.0.0 of Jira Software Data Center and Server. This Path Traversal (Arbitrary Write) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.7, allows an attacker to modify any filesystem path writable by the Jira JVM process. Atlassian recommends that Jira Software Data Center and Server customers upgrade to the latest version; if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions: Jira Software Data Center and Server 9.12: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 9.12.28 Jira Software Data Center and Server 10.3: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.3.12 Jira Software Data Center and Server 11.0: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 11.1.0 See the release notes. You can download the latest version of Jira Software Data Center and Server from the download center. This vulnerability was reported via our Atlassian (Internal) program.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22167?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Atlassian Jira Data Center, Atlassian Jira Server.
How do I fix CVE-2025-22167?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22167 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-22167 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22167 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-wvj6-fjwf-f68m.