CVE-2022-36799 Code injection in Jira Data Center
Remote attackers with admin permissions can execute arbitrary code via template injection in Jira email templates.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-36799?
CVE-2022-36799 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Data Center, published on 1 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
This issue exists to document that a security improvement in the way that Jira Server and Data Center use templates has been implemented. Affected versions of Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center allowed remote attackers with system administrator permissions to execute arbitrary code via Template Injection leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in the Email Templates feature. In this case the security improvement was to protect against using the XStream library to be able to execute arbitrary code in velocity templates. The affected versions are before version 8.13.19, from version 8.14.0 before 8.20.7, and from version 8.21.0 before 8.22.1.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36799?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Atlassian Jira Data Center, Atlassian Jira Server.
How do I fix CVE-2022-36799?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36799 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2022-36799 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36799 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Jira Data Center
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g6vf-m55c-hj2j.