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CVE-2022-26138

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…

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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. This user account is created when installing versions 2.7.34, 2.7.35, and 3.0.2 of the app.
CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
9.0/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 9.8: +1.47
  • Fresh EPSS: 98.24%: +0.49

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 9 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Recorded Future
Press · 03 Feb 2023, 08:00 · Analyze Recent Atlassian Vulnerabilities and Keep Your Infrastructure Protected - Recorded Future
Rapid7
Press · 20 Sep 2022, 07:00 · CVE-2022-36804: Easily Exploitable Vulnerability in Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center - Rapid7
Rapid7
Press · 17 Aug 2022, 07:00 · Active Exploitation of Multiple Vulnerabilities in Zimbra Collaboration Suite - Rapid7
The Hacker News
Press · 29 Jul 2022, 07:00 · Latest Critical Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation - The Hacker News
Dark Reading
Press · 22 Jul 2022, 07:00 · Critical Bugs Threaten to Crack Atlassian Confluence Workspaces Wide Open - Dark Reading
See all 9 source documents
The Hacker News
Press · 21 Jul 2022, 07:00 · Atlassian Rolls Out Security Patch for Critical Confluence Vulnerability - The Hacker News
TechTarget
Press · 21 Jul 2022, 07:00 · Atlassian Confluence plugin contains hardcoded password - TechTarget
iTnews
Press · 21 Jul 2022, 07:00 · Atlassian discloses critical bugs - iTnews
BleepingComputer
Press · 20 Jul 2022, 07:00 · Atlassian fixes critical Confluence hardcoded credentials flaw - BleepingComputer

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 9.0 (2026-11-02 15:13). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

2

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 2 repos with metrics
RepositoryStarsForksLanguageUpdated
alcaparra/CVE-2022-261383110—26 Jul 2022, 12:06
z92g/CVE-2022-26138154Go30 Jul 2022, 08:00
Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 9.8; EPSS 98.2%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
network access, no prior privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:37.150188+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
First press mention
20 Jul 2022, 07:00
Published
20 Jul 2022, 17:25
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
29 Jul 2022, 00:00
Latest press mention
03 Feb 2023, 08:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:58
PoCs on GitHub
2 repositories