CVE-2023-22518

CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Incorrect authorization · actively exploited (CISA KEV)

9.8CVSS CRITICAL ● exploited ⚠ ransomware

🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities). ⚠ Known use in ransomware campaigns. Added to KEV 2023-11-07. US federal agencies must patch by 2023-11-28.

Summary

All versions of Confluence Data Center and Server are affected by this unexploited vulnerability. This Improper Authorization vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to reset Confluence and create a Confluence instance administrator account. Using this account, an attacker can then perform all administrative actions that are available to Confluence instance administrator leading to - but not limited to - full loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability. Atlassian Cloud sites are not affected by this vulnerability. If your Confluence site is accessed via an atlassian.net domain, it is hosted by Atlassian and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)94%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Atlassian Confluence

Recommendation

This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

CVE-2023-22518

Summary

Impact & exploitability

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

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