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High-Severity Flaw Hits Atlassian Jira Data Center

A recently discovered vulnerability, CVE-2025-22157, threatens organizations using Atlassian’s Jira Core Data Center and Jira Service Management Data Center by enabling privilege escalation attacks, allowing attackers to gain elevated system privileges.

This serious flaw has a CVSS score of 7.2, posing a significant risk to businesses using Atlassian’s project and service management platforms.

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According to Atlassian’s advisory, the vulnerability “allows an attacker to perform actions as a higher-privileged user.”

This means that someone with low-level access could increase their privileges and get admin rights or access restricted areas in Jira.

The vulnerability was introduced in the Jira Core Data Center versions 9.12.0, 10.3.0, 10.4.0, and 10.5.0. And the Jira Service Management Data Center versions 5.12.0, 10.3.0, 10.4.0, and 10.5.0

Atlassian advises all affected users to upgrade immediately. If a full upgrade isn’t feasible, it’s crucial to patch to a supported fixed version.

Jira Core Data Center

9.12.x → Upgrade to ≥ 9.12.20
10.3.x → Upgrade to ≥ 10.3.5
10.5.x → Upgrade to ≥ 10.5.1
10.6.x → Upgrade to ≥ 10.6.0

Jira Service Management Data Center

5.12.x → Upgrade to ≥ 9.12.20
10.3.x → Upgrade to ≥ 10.3.5
10.5.x → Upgrade to ≥ 10.5.1
10.6.x → Upgrade to ≥ 10.6.0

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