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high 7.2

CVE-2022-36799 in the critical feed json

This issue exists to document that a security improvement in the way that Jira Server and Data Center use templates has been implemented.

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-39499

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
46.7%
EPSS 46.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Atlassian Jira Server 8.13.19, 8.20.7, 8.22.1
  • Atlassian Jira Data Center 8.13.19, 8.20.7, 8.22.1
  • atlassian jira_server 8.13.19, 8.20.7, 8.22.1
  • atlassian jira_data_center 8.13.19, 8.20.7, 8.22.1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

46.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Atlassian Jira Server
  • Atlassian Jira Data Center
  • atlassian jira_server
  • atlassian jira_data_center

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.