What is CVE-2017-16865?

CVE-2017-16865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-16865?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

SSRF in Atlassian Jira

CVE-2017-16865

The Trello importer in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.1 allows remote attackers to access the content of internal network resources via a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). When running in an environment like Amazon EC2, this flaw maybe used to access to a metadata resource that provides access credentials and other potentially confidential information.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published 2018-01-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atlassian Jira — versions All versions before 7.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-66642 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16865?: CVE-2017-16865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-16865?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.