High severity · published May 20, 2025
CVE-2025-22157
This High severity PrivEsc (Privilege Escalation) vulnerability was introduced in versions: 9.12.0, 10.3.0, 10.4.0, and 10.5.0 of Jira Core Data Center and Server 5.12.0,…
8.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
This High severity PrivEsc (Privilege Escalation) vulnerability was introduced in versions:
9.12.0, 10.3.0, 10.4.0, and 10.5.0 of Jira Core Data Center and Server
5.12.0, 10.3.0, 10.4.0, and 10.5.0 of Jira Service Management Data Center and Server
This PrivEsc (Privilege Escalation) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.2, allows an attacker to perform actions as a higher-privileged user.
Atlassian recommends that Jira Core Data Center and Server and Jira Service Management Data Center and Server customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions:
Jira Core Data Center and Server 9.12: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 9.12.20
Jira Service Management Data Center and Server 5.12: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 5.12.20
Jira Core Data Center 10.3: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.3.5
Jira Service Management Data Center 10.3: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.3.5
Jira Core Data Center 10.4: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.6.0
Jira Service Management Data Center 10.4: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.6.0
Jira Core Data Center 10.5: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.5.1
Jira Service Management Data Center 10.5: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.5.1
See the release notes. You can download the latest version of Jira Core Data Center and Jira Service Management Data Center from the download center.
This vulnerability was reported via our Atlassian (Internal) program.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JI
Jira · Atlassian
9.12.0 before 9.12.20; 10.3.0 before 10.3.5; 10.4.0 before 10.5.1 · source: NVD
JD
Jira Data Center · Atlassian
5.12.0 before 5.12.20; 9.12.0 before 9.12.20; 10.3.0 before 10.3.5; 10.4.0 before 10.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22157
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22157
Vendor Advisory
https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1561365992
Patch
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-78766
Patch
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSDSERVER-16206
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