CVE-2022-26138

Atlassian Questions For Confluence App has hard-coded credentials, exposing the username and password in plaintext. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use these credentials to log into Confluence and access all content accessible to users in the confluence-users group.

What this means for your business

It affects Atlassian Confluence. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
Attackers are already using it. CISA added it to its list of flaws used in real attacks on 29 July 2022.
FIRST's prediction model gives it a 98% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 99% of all known flaws.

What to do

1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Atlassian Confluence.
2If you do, follow CISA's required action below. No patch reference has been published yet.
3Treat it as urgent. US federal agencies must fix it by 19 August 2022. That deadline does not apply to private companies, but it shows how seriously CISA takes it.
4Because attackers have used it, check the affected systems for signs of a break-in, not only for the update.

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Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA’s wording, unedited.

Scoring

CVSS: Not yet scored

Dates

Published: 2022-07-29
Added to KEV: 2022-07-29
Remediation due: 2022-08-19
Sources: CISA KEV