What is CVE-2022-36799?

CVE-2022-36799 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Data Center, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-36799?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Atlassian Jira Data Center

CVE-2022-36799

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.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.453 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Atlassian Jira Data Center — versions unspecified, 8.14.0, 8.21.0
Atlassian Jira_data_center
Atlassian Jira Server — versions unspecified, 8.14.0, 8.21.0
Atlassian Jira_server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

security@atlassian.com (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36799?: CVE-2022-36799 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Data Center, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-36799?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.