Check Point Advisories

Atlassian Jira Authentication Bypass (CVE-2022-0540)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2022-1985
Date Published:	11 Jan 2024
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 11 January, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2022-0540
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Atlassian Jira Data Center prior to 8.13.8 Atlassian Jira Data Center 8.14.0 and later, prior to 8.20.6 Atlassian Jira Data Center 8.21.0 and later, prior to 8.22.0 Atlassian Jira Server prior to 8.13.8 Atlassian Jira Server 8.14.0 and later, prior to 8.20.6 Atlassian Jira Server 8.21.0 and later, prior to 8.22.0 Atlassian Jira Service Management prior to 4.13.8 Atlassian Jira Service Management prior to 4.13.18 Atlassian Jira Service Management 4.14.0 and later, prior to 4.20.6 Atlassian Jira Service Management 4.14.0 and later, prior to 4.20.6 Atlassian Jira Service Management 4.21.0 and later, prior to 4.22.0 Atlassian Jira Service Management 4.21.0 and later, prior to 4.22.0
Vulnerability Description	An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in Atlassian Jira. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized access into the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Atlassian Jira Authentication Bypass (CVE-2022-0540) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Atlassian Jira Authentication Bypass (CVE-2022-0540)