{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2023-22518 in the wild since at least 7 Nov 2023, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22518 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 28 Nov 2023.","what":"CVE-2023-22518 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Data Center, published on 31 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-22518 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-22518 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Data Center, published on 31 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2023-22518 in the wild since at least 7 Nov 2023, including in ransomware campaigns.\n\nAffected product: Atlassian Confluence Data Center. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22518/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22518/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-22518","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22518/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-22518","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-8prx-84h6-4fr5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Confluence Data Center","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can reset Confluence and create an administrator account, leading to full system compromise.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"atlassian","cpe":[{"product":"confluence_data_center","vendor":"atlassian"},{"product":"confluence_server","vendor":"atlassian"}],"cvss":{"score":10,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-863","name":"Incorrect Authorization"}],"description":"All versions of Confluence Data Center and Server are affected by this unexploited vulnerability. This Improper Authorization vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to reset Confluence and create a Confluence instance administrator account. Using this account, an attacker can then perform all administrative actions that are available to Confluence instance administrator leading to - but not limited to - full loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability. \n\nAtlassian Cloud sites are not affected by this vulnerability. If your Confluence site is accessed via an atlassian.net domain, it is hosted by Atlassian and is not vulnerable to this issue.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2023-10-31","github_poc":8,"max_poc_stars":61,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2023-10-31T05:35:00Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/ForceFledgling/CVE-2023-22518","stars":61,"title":"Improper Authorization Vulnerability in Confluence Data Center and Server"},{"date":"2023-11-05T06:45:33Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/RevoltSecurities/CVE-2023-22518","stars":43,"title":"An Exploitation tool to exploit the confluence server that are vulnerable to CVE-2023-22518 Improper Authorization"},{"date":"2023-11-02T22:52:15Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/davidfortytwo/CVE-2023-22518","stars":8,"title":"Checker for CVE-2023-22518 vulnerability on Confluence"},{"date":"2023-11-09T06:56:18Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/0x0d3ad/CVE-2023-22518","stars":5,"title":"Exploit CVE-2023-22518"},{"date":"2024-01-23T13:38:40Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/bibo318/CVE-2023-22518","stars":1,"title":"Lỗ hổng ủy quyền không phù hợp trong Trung tâm dữ liệu Confluence và Máy chủ + bugsBonus 🔥"},{"date":"2024-03-21T07:55:00Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Lilly-dox/Exploit-CVE-2023-22518","stars":1,"title":null},{"date":"2025-05-05T02:12:05Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/d3ckkNo0b/analyze-Exploit-CVE-2023-22518-Confluence","stars":1,"title":null},{"date":"2023-10-31","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/multi/http/atlassian_confluence_unauth_backup","stars":null,"title":"Atlassian Confluence Unauth JSON setup-restore Improper Authorization leading to RCE (CVE-2023-22518)"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Improper Authorization","id":"CVE-2023-22518","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2023-11-07","dueDate":"2023-11-28","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","product":"Confluence Data Center and Server","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","vendorProject":"Atlassian","vulnerabilityName":"Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Improper Authorization Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"To maintain compliance with CNA rules, we have rejected this CVE record because it has not been used.","id":"CVE-2023-22520"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Code injection in Bamboo Data Center","id":"CVE-2023-22516"},"products":["Confluence Data Center","Confluence Server"],"published":"2023-10-31","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Template Injection","id":"CVE-2023-22527","kev_date_added":"2024-01-24","published":"2024-01-16"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Broken Access Control","id":"CVE-2023-22515","kev_date_added":"2023-10-05","published":"2023-10-04"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2022-26134","kev_date_added":"2022-06-02","published":"2022-06-03"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) Injection","id":"CVE-2021-26084","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-08-30"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Atlassian Confluence Server Pre-Authorization Arbitrary File Read","id":"CVE-2021-26085","kev_date_added":"2022-03-28","published":"2021-08-03"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Code injection in Confluence Data Center","id":"CVE-2023-22522","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-06"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-10-21","vendors":["Atlassian"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can reset Confluence and create an administrator account, leading to full system compromise.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22518/"}