Issue Summary

A user is unable to create an Epic link on an Epic for which Edit permission in not present.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create 2 Jira Software Project P1 and P2
2. Create a User: agent which doesn't not have Edit permission on Project P1 and have all permission on Project P2
3. Create an Epic on Project P1
4. Login as agent, create an Issue (Story) on Project P2 and try to create an Epic link to the Epic created on P1 by following the steps -
   • Open the Ticket.
   • Navigate to Edit and Try updating the Epic Link field with the above mentioned Epic ID.

Expected Results

Should be able to link to the Epic since, there is no changes done on Epic. We are actually updating the Issue field.

Actual Results

It will give an Error:

"You don't have permission to edit this epic, so you can't assign your issue to it."

It appears, though the Epic is not getting updating however, the Edit permission on Epic is needed by the user who is try to add the Epic link details in the Issue.

Workaround

No workaround available apart from adding user to the Edit permission on the Epic Project.