CVE-2025-22170 Missing authorization in Jira Align

Medium 5.3 Published 22 Oct 2025 Updated 22 Oct 2025

Low-privilege users can perform unauthorized actions by manipulating state parameters, requiring immediate patching for Jira Align administrators.

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-2025-22170?

CVE-2025-22170 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Align, published on 22 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jira Align is vulnerable to an authorization issue. A low-privilege user without sufficient privileges to perform an action could if they included a particular state-related parameter of a user with sufficient privileges to perform the action.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22170?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Atlassian Jira Align.

How do I fix CVE-2025-22170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22170 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-2025-22170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j48g-f46f-j274.