CVE-2018-20826 — The inline-create rest resource in Jira before version 7

The inline-create rest resource in Jira before version 7.12.3 allows authenticated remote attackers to set the reporter in issues via a missing authorisation check.

01What is this vulnerability?

The inline-create rest resource in Jira before version 7.12.3 allows authenticated remote attackers to set the reporter in issues via a missing authorisation check.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Atlassian	Jira	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-09T19:31:09.865Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T00:01:48.975Z

09References

• jira.atlassian.com — https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-69239