Path Traversal in Atlassian Bitbucket Server (CVE-2016-4320)
Summary
Path traversal in Atlassian Bitbucket Server (CVE-2016-4320). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Atlassian Bitbucket Server before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to read the first line of an arbitrary file via a directory traversal attack on the pull requests resource.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-4320 has been found in Atlassian Bitbucket Server.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Atlassian Bitbucket Server CVE-2016-4320" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-4320 (Atlassian Bitbucket Server) — CWE-22 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Path traversal (CWE-22) exists in Atlassian Bitbucket Server.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Atlassian Bitbucket Server.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Atlassian Bitbucket Server を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- patch confluence.atlassian.com
- patch jira.atlassian.com