CVE-2024-21685: 
JIRA vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2024-21685 is a high-severity Information Disclosure vulnerability affecting Jira Core Data Center and Jira Service Management Data Center and Server. The vulnerability was discovered internally by Atlassian and disclosed on June 18, 2024. It affects multiple versions including Jira Core Data Center versions 9.4.0, 9.12.0, and 9.15.0. The vulnerability has received a CVSS score of 7.4 (High) (Atlassian Bulletin, SecurityWeek).

The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to view sensitive information through an information disclosure flaw. It has a high impact on confidentiality, no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability. The vulnerability requires user interaction to be exploited. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction needed (NVD, Jira Issue).

The vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive information. The attack can be launched remotely by unauthenticated users, though it requires some user interaction to be successful (NVD).

Atlassian has released patches and recommends upgrading to the following fixed versions: For Jira Core Data Center - version 9.16.0, 9.12.8 to 9.12.10 (LTS), or 9.4.21 to 9.4.23 (LTS). For Jira Service Management Data Center and Server - version 5.16.0, 5.16.1, 5.12.8 to 5.12.10 (LTS), or 5.4.21 to 5.4.23 (LTS) (Atlassian Bulletin, SecurityWeek).