CVE-2025-22176
📋 TL;DR
Jira Align has an authorization vulnerability where low-privilege users can access endpoints they shouldn't, potentially viewing sensitive information like audit logs. This affects all Jira Align instances with vulnerable versions. The impact is limited information disclosure rather than system compromise.
💻 Affected Systems
- Atlassian Jira Align
📦 What is this software?
Jira Align by Atlassian
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Low-privilege users could access sensitive business information, audit trails, or configuration details that should be restricted to administrators.
Likely Case
Users with basic permissions accidentally or intentionally viewing audit logs or other restricted data they shouldn't have access to.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact with proper access controls and monitoring in place, though some information disclosure may still occur.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires authenticated low-privilege access. Exploitation involves accessing specific endpoints that should be restricted.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Check Jira Align release notes for fixed version
Vendor Advisory: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JIRAALIGN-8645
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Check current Jira Align version. 2. Update to the latest patched version from Atlassian. 3. Verify authorization controls are functioning correctly.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict endpoint access
allImplement additional access controls or web application firewall rules to restrict access to sensitive endpoints.
Review user permissions
allAudit and minimize user permissions to least privilege required for their roles.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to limit access to Jira Align
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for unauthorized access attempts to sensitive endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test with low-privilege user account attempting to access audit log endpoints or other sensitive endpoints.Check Version:
Check Jira Align administration panel or consult documentation for version check command specific to your deployment.Verify Fix Applied:
After patching, verify low-privilege users cannot access restricted endpoints they previously could.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to sensitive endpoints
- Low-privilege users accessing audit logs or admin functions
Network Indicators:
- Unusual HTTP requests to restricted endpoints from non-admin users
SIEM Query:
source="jira-align" AND (endpoint="*/audit*" OR endpoint="*/admin*") AND user_role="low_privilege"