CVE-2019-20400 describes a DLL hijacking vulnerability affecting Atlassian Jira Server versions prior to 8.5.2, stemming from its use of Tomcat. This allows local attackers with write permissions to a directory within the global path environment variable to inject malicious code. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.3.2, < 8.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:jira_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.5.3, < 8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:jira_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 8.5.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:jira_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.