Definition
Plain language
A widely used task-tracking tool that companies use to manage software work.
As stated in the literature
Atlassian's issue-tracking platform, often integrated with AI coding agents via MCP; a common ingress channel for indirect prompt injection.
Why it matters: Because tickets often contain text from many sources, Jira integration is a realistic vector for injection attacks against coding agents.
For example, a coding agent connected via MCP might read a Jira ticket, write a fix, and post the PR link back as a comment.
Heard on the show
“The email hits a shared inbox that's wired up to auto-create Jira tickets, so within a few seconds there's a new ticket in the queue.”Episode 057 — How Uber Caught 206 Leaked Credentials With an LLM-Powered Security Stack