XBOW Integration for Jira is now Available

XBOW Integration for Jira sends validated findings to the Jira project your security team already uses. Each work item can include exploit evidence, reproduction steps, and guidance for fixing the vulnerability. You can also see Jira progress in XBOW as the work moves toward completion.

Key takeaways

• Create Jira work items from XBOW findings automatically.
• Give your security team the evidence and fix guidance in each work item.
• Choose whether to send Jira progress back to XBOW. Retest in XBOW to check the fix.

Moving a finding into Jira takes time. A security team member has to create the work item, set its priority, and copy over the evidence and fix guidance. They repeat that work for every finding, then check Jira for progress.

This integration creates those work items automatically. Your security team can review the finding and track the fix in Jira without copying details between tools.

Review the evidence in Jira

A validated XBOW finding includes proof that XBOW exploited the vulnerability, steps to reproduce it, its impact, and guidance for fixing it. Your security team can review those details in the Jira work item.

XBOW also identifies duplicate findings before they reach your team. Separately, the Jira integration prevents repeat deliveries of the same XBOW finding from creating extra work items.

Fit findings to your team’s Jira setup

Your Jira admin chooses the project and issue type, maps XBOW severity levels to Jira priorities, and sets labels and templates for the title and description. This lets your security team use its existing Jira workflow.

Your admin also chooses which finding details to include and whether they appear in the description or separate comments. XBOW converts supported Markdown to Jira formatting, so the team does not have to reformat each finding.

During setup, XBOW checks required Jira fields and blocks saving if any are missing or unsupported. The mapping guide explains the supported fields and options.

See Jira progress in XBOW

Choose unidirectional mode to create Jira work items, or bidirectional mode to also send the Jira issue key and mapped status back to XBOW.

In bidirectional mode, your security team can see whether work is not started, in progress, or complete while reviewing findings in XBOW. Your admin maps your Jira statuses to those three states.

Closing a Jira work item does not mark the vulnerability fixed in XBOW. Your security team runs a retest in XBOW to check whether the fix worked.

Control which finding details go to Jira

Your admin chooses which finding details XBOW sends to Jira, including evidence, impact, reproduction steps, and fix guidance. You can include each section in the work item or leave it out of Jira.

What you need

XBOW Integration for Jira is available in public preview for XBOW customers using Jira Cloud.

To get started, you need:

• Jira Cloud site admin access
• A Jira project and issue type for XBOW work items
• An XBOW organization, its region and organization ID, and a dedicated XBOW API token

Connect XBOW to Jira

Install XBOW Integration for Jira from Atlassian Marketplace, then follow the setup guide to connect your XBOW organization and map your Jira project.

If your team uses Jira but struggles to keep up with security findings or test all your applications and APIs, book a demo with XBOW. See how you can expand testing coverage and focus on proven vulnerabilities, with the findings delivered to your team’s Jira workflow.