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CVE-2022-26138 — Atlassian Questions For Confluence App Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability

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 passw

CVSS
EPSS
94.32% (top 0.10%)
CWE
CWE-798
Published
2022-07-20T17:25:26.913Z
Last modified
2026-01-12T21:22:06.527Z
CVSS vector
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
Added to KEV
2022-07-29
BOD 22-01 due
2022-08-19
Ransomware use
Unknown

01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AtlassianQuestions For Confluence2.7.34, 2.7.35, 3.0.2

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2022-07-29. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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