CVE-2022-26138 - Atlassian Confluence
AI Vulnerability ContextThe Atlassian Questions For Confluence app for Confluence Server and Data Center creates a Confluence user account in the confluence-users group with the username disabledsystemuser and a hardcoded password. A remote, unauthenticated attacker with knowledge of the hardcoded password could exploit this to log into Confluence and access all content accessible to users in the confluence-users group. This user account...
Overview
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The Atlassian Questions For Confluence app for Confluence Server and Data Center creates a Confluence user account in the confluence-users group with the username disabledsystemuser and a hardcoded password. A remote, unauthenticated attacker with knowledge of the hardcoded password could exploit this to log into Confluence and access all content accessible to users in the confluence-users group. This user account is created when installing versions 2.7.34, 2.7.35, and 3.0.2 of the app.
Vulnerability status
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- CVE ID
- CVE-2022-26138
- Vendor/project
- Atlassian
- Product
- Confluence
- Vulnerability name
- Atlassian Questions For Confluence App Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2022-07-29
- Due date
- 2022-08-19
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
Exploit context
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The Atlassian Questions For Confluence app for Confluence Server and Data Center creates a Confluence user account in the confluence-users group with the username disabledsystemuser and a hardcoded password. A remote, unauthenticated attacker with knowledge of the hardcoded password could exploit this to log into Confluence and access all content accessible to users in the confluence-users group. This user account is created when installing versions 2.7.34, 2.7.35, and 3.0.2 of the app.
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