Description
Broken Authentication in Atlassian Connect Spring Boot (ACSB) from version 1.1.0 before version 2.1.3: Atlassian Connect Spring Boot is a Java Spring Boot package for building Atlassian Connect apps. Authentication between Atlassian products and the Atlassian Connect Spring Boot app occurs with a server-to-server JWT or a context JWT. Atlassian Connect Spring Boot versions from version 1.1.0 before version 2.1.3 erroneously accept context JWTs in lifecycle endpoints (such as installation) where only server-to-server JWTs should be accepted, permitting an attacker to send authenticated re-installation events to an app.
Remediation
References
https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/action-required-atlassian-connect-vulnerability-allows-bypass-of-app-qsh-verification-via-context-jwts/47072
https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1051986106
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