CVE-2023-22513 Code injection in Bitbucket Data Center

Q: Is CVE-2023-22513 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22513 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2023-22513?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22513 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

High 8.5 Published 19 Sep 2023 Updated 6 Mar 2025

An authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code on Bitbucket Data Center and Server, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-22513?

CVE-2023-22513 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Atlassian Bitbucket Data Center, published on 19 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

This High severity RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability was introduced in version 8.0.0 of Bitbucket Data Center and Server. This RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.5, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires no user interaction. Atlassian recommends that Bitbucket Data Center and Server customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions: Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.9: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.9.5 Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.10: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.10.5 Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.11: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.11.4 Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.12: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.12.2 Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.13: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.13.1 Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.14: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.14.0 Bitbucket Data Center and Server version >= 8.0 and < 8.9: Upgrade to any of the listed fix versions. See the release notes (https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/release-notes). You can download the latest version of Bitbucket Data Center and Server from the download center (https://www.atlassian.com/software/bitbucket/download-archives). This vulnerability was discovered by a private user and reported via our Bug Bounty program

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22513?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Atlassian Bitbucket Data Center, Atlassian Bitbucket Server.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22513?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22513 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2023-22513 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22513 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3f2j-57ff-r6p5.