July 29, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2022-26138 — Atlassian Confluence
Atlassian Questions For Confluence App Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-07-29- Federal due date
2022-08-19- Vendor
- Atlassian
- Product
- Confluence
- EPSS
- 100.0th percentile (score 0.943, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
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- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26138
CISA short description
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.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.