Jira Core 8.18.x release notes
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Read the upgrade notes for important info about this release and see the full list of issues resolved.
Compatible applications
If you're looking for compatible Jira applications, look no further:
Good to know
If you're thinking to move to Data Center, check our recommendations first. See: Infrastructure recommendations for Jira.
Stepping up Jira security
We’ve always taken the security of our products seriously. Our vulnerability management program uses an array of approaches for finding and fixing security issues, and we’re now doubling down in this space to make more improvements faster, especially with security attacks becoming more common and sophisticated.
Upgraded components and libraries
We’ve identified the core components and third-party libraries that we want to upgrade to the newest, most secure versions, and are focusing on this effort over the next few releases. In Jira 8.18, we’ve fixed another bunch of vulnerabilities by upgrading different components and libraries or improving Jira’s codebase, and we’re not stopping at that—more fixes are already waiting for a bugfix release or the next Jira version. If you’d like to learn more about some of the most important libraries we’ve upgraded, see Preparing for Jira 8.18.
Resolved issues
Issues resolved in 8.18.0
Released on 1 July 2021, removed on 15 July, 2021
This release has been removed because of this bug and should not be installed. We have delivered a fix for this problem in Jira Core 8.18.1, which is available for download.
Issues resolved in 8.18.1
Released on 22 July 2021
The binary installers for this version of Jira Core are bundled with JRE 8u291, which prevents secure connections with MySQL Community Edition 5.7.27 or older over TLS versions 1 and 1.1. For more information, see Jira Core 8.18.x upgrade notes.
Issues resolved in 8.18.2
Released on 17 August 2021