# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g6vf-m55c-hj2j

## 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 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36799?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2021-26086](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26086/): Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Path Traversal (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0540](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0540/): Auth bypass in Jira Core Server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-36239](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36239/): Deserialization in Jira Core Data Center (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-22167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22167/): Path traversal in Jira Software Data Center (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2019-20419](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20419/): Other in Jira Server (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-36799 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36799 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Atlassian Jira Data Center. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36799/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36799/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36799
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36799
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-36799

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36799/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.