Atlassian Questions For Confluence App Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-26138
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-07-20 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-04 14:13:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.981700000 probability, percentile 0.999060000 (date 2026-06-26)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-07-29; due 2022-08-19; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-798

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorAtlassian
ProductConfluence
NameAtlassian Questions For Confluence App Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/questions-for-confluence-security-advisory-2022-07-20-1142446709.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26138

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Atlassian Confluence Data Center - All All All
Application Atlassian Confluence Server - All All All
Application Atlassian Questions For Confluence 2.7.34 All All All
Application Atlassian Questions For Confluence 2.7.35 All All All
Application Atlassian Questions For Confluence 3.0.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Questions For Confluence Security Advisory 2022-07-20 | Confluence Data Center and Server 7.18 | Atlassian Documentation MISC confluence.atlassian.com
[CONFSERVER-79483] Questions For Confluence App - Hardcoded Password - Create and track feature requests for Atlassian products. MISC jira.atlassian.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150556 Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center : Questions for Confluence App - Hardcoded Credentials (CVE-2022-26138)
  • 730569 Atlassian Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center - Questions For Confluence App - Hardcoded Password Vulnerability (CONFSERVER-79483)
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