CVE-2022-26138
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-07-20 17:25
Modified
2025-01-28 21:48
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
94.26% (0.99925)
Summary
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.
References
security@atlassian.comhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2022-07-20-1142446709.htmlVendor Advisory
security@atlassian.comhttps://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-79483Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2022-07-20-1142446709.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-79483Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Atlassian Questions For Confluence Version: 2.7.34
Version: 2.7.35
Version: 3.0.2
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-07-29

Due date: 2022-08-19

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/questions-for-confluence-security-advisory-2022-07-20-1142446709.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26138

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