How to disable new X-FRAM-OPTIONS security header

[Volker Endriss]

Dear Support

After upgrade to Jira Software 7.6.1 i found out, that i can't embedd Jira sites on our Confluence page anymore via iframe. I found out that this is a new security feature (JRASERVER-25143). In this articel it's described, that one can disable this protection by setting the com.atlassian.jira.clickjacking.protection.disabled system property to true. 

There's also a site which should describe how to do the Setting properties and options. But this site describes how you set Java Options for the service. When i inserted the property "com.atlassian.jira.clickjacking.protection.disabled=true" in the Java Options the service won't start anymore. So it has to be done somehow differently. Hope you can help!

Kind regards

Ueli

[aurelain]

I also tried the following options, but none worked:

1. In setenv.sh:
   JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS="-Datlassian.jira.clickjacking.protection.disabled=true  "
   
   
2. In setenv.sh:
   JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS="-Datlassian.clickjacking.protection.disabled=true"
   
   
3. In web.xml:
   <filter>
         <filter-name>HTTP Header Security Filter</filter-name>
         <filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-class>
         <init-param>
           <param-name>antiClickJackingEnabled</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
         </init-param>
   </filter>

So, this is still unresolved...

[somethingblue]

Hi Aurelian,

Those look like the arguments for JIRA.  You need to configure this on the Confluence side.  See Confluence page does not display in an iframe for the correct arguments for Confluence. 

Additionally, take a look at the very last comment in the post titled How to remove or modify Confluence X-Frame-Options response header for another suggestion.

Cheers,

Branden

[aurelain]

Hi, Branden.

My use-case is a little different: I actually need to embed my own JIRA in a normal webpage :).

(No Confluence envolved)

Cheers,
Aurelian

[Volker Endriss]

Hi Aurelian

To make work what you want you have to set the propertiy

"-Dcom.atlassian.jira.clickjacking.protection.disabled=true" to your JIRA Installation. This worked for me.

Cheers, Uli

[aurelain]

Thank you very much, Ueli.

Indeed, the correct solution was to edit setenv.sh as follows:

JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS="-Dcom.atlassian.jira.clickjacking.protection.disabled=true"

The Attlassian Team should also update the Setting properties and options page accordingly.

[somethingblue]

Hi Ueli,

I get the same behavior in JIRA, however, according to Confluence page does not display in an iframe the changes are supposed to be done on the Confluence side:

Resolution 1

Disable clickjacking protection from Confluence

1. Shut down Confluence

2. If you're running Linux:
   1. In <confluence_install>/bin/setenv.sh add the line:

      CATALINA_OPTS="-Dconfluence.clickjacking.protection.disable=true ${CATALINA_OPTS}"

3. If you're running Windows from the .bat file:

   1. In <confluence_install>/bin/setenv.bat add the line:

      set CATALINA_OPTS=-Dconfluence.clickjacking.protection.disable=true %CATALINA_OPTS%

4. If you're running Windows as a service:

   1. If you're starting Confluence as a service, then you'll need to add the following startup options to the Java tab in the service properties:

      -Dconfluence.clickjacking.protection.disable=true

5. Restart Confluence

 See Configuring System Properties for more on setting System Properties.

The Page will now appear in the iframe.

Resolution 2

If the resolution 1 does not work then there is a possibility that in CONFLUENCE_INSTALL/conf/web.xml you have enabled HTTP Header Security Filter in Tomcat. 

1. Shut down Confluence

2. Open CONFLUENCE_INSTALL/conf/web.xml and find antiClickJackingOption

3. Uncomment the parameter and change the value from DENY to SAMEORIGIN

4. Restart Confluence

Please see Apache Tomcat 8 Configuration Reference: HTTP Header Security Filter for more information on the parameters

Try the steps above and let me know the results.

Cheers,

Branden