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CVE-2021-26073GHSA-4V96-M8XV-X83V

Broken Authentication in Atlassian Connect Express (ACE) from version 3.0.2 before version 6.6.0: Atlassian Connect Express is a Node.js pac

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Broken Authentication in Atlassian Connect Express (ACE) from version 3.0.2 before version 6.6.0: Atlassian Connect Express is a Node.js package for building Atlassian Connect apps. Authentication between Atlassian products and the Atlassian Connect Express app occurs with a server-to-server JWT or a context JWT. Atlassian Connect Express versions from 3.0.2 before 6.6.0 erroneously accept context JWTs in lifecycle endpoints (such as installation) where only server-to-server JWTs should be accepted, permitting an attacker to send authenticated re-installation events to an app.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Atlassian Atlassian Connect Express (ACE)

    From 3.0.2; fixed in 6.6.0

  • atlassian-connect-expressnpm

    From 3.0.2 · fixed in 6.6.0

References 3

confluence.atlassian.com

community.developer.atlassian.com

security.netapp.com