CVE-2023-22505

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.0
EPSS: EPSS 2.06 % · percentile 81 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-07-18
Updated: 2024-10-01
Assigner: atlassian
NVD status: Modified

Description

This High severity RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability known as CVE-2023-22505 was introduced in version 8.0.0 of Confluence Data Center & Server. This RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and no user interaction. Atlassian recommends that you upgrade your instance to latest version. If you're unable to upgrade to latest, upgrade to one of these fixed versions: 8.3.2, 8.4.0. See the release notes ([https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html).|https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html).] You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center & Server from the download center ([https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives).|https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives).] This vulnerability was discovered by a private user and reported via our Bug Bounty program.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.0	HIGH 8.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	atlassian
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.0	HIGH 8.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · security@atlassian.com (Secondary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-26645
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-22505

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.0.0 < 8.3.2
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.0.0 < 8.3.2

Affected products

Product	Versions
Atlassian · Confluence Data Center	unaffected < 8.0.0 ; affected >= 8.0.0 ; unaffected >= 8.3.2 ; unaffected >= 8.4.0
Atlassian · Confluence Server	unaffected < 8.0.0 ; affected >= 8.0.0 ; unaffected >= 8.3.2 ; unaffected >= 8.4.0

References

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-88265

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD