Vulnerability · Published Apr 20, 2022 · Assigned by atlassian

CVE-2022-0540

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity improper authentication in Jira Core Server from Atlassian. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 88.1% (higher than 99.8% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)88.1%top 0.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling2Nuclei, Public PoC

Official description

A vulnerability in Jira Seraph allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication by sending a specially crafted HTTP request. This affects Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center versions before 8.13.18, versions 8.14.0 and later before 8.20.6, and versions 8.21.0 and later before 8.22.0. This also affects Atlassian Jira Service Management Server and Data Center versions before 4.13.18, versions 4.14.0 and later before 4.20.6, and versions 4.21.0 and later before 4.22.0.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Atlassian Jira Core Server unspecified – before 8.13.188.14.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 8.20.68.21.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 8.22.0
Atlassian Jira Software Server unspecified – before 8.13.188.14.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 8.20.68.21.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 8.22.0
Atlassian Jira Software Data Center unspecified – before 8.13.188.14.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 8.20.68.21.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 8.22.0
Atlassian Jira Service Management Server unspecified – before 4.13.184.14.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 4.20.64.21.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 4.22.0
Atlassian Jira Service Management Data Center unspecified – before 4.13.184.14.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 4.20.64.21.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 4.22.0

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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