CVE-2022-0540
A vulnerability in Jira Seraph allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication by sending a specially crafted HTTP…
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Description
A vulnerability in Jira Seraph allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication by sending a specially crafted HTTP request. This affects Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center versions before 8.13.18, versions 8.14.0 and later before 8.20.6, and versions 8.21.0 and later before 8.22.0. This also affects Atlassian Jira Service Management Server and Data Center versions before 4.13.18, versions 4.14.0 and later before 4.20.6, and versions 4.21.0 and later before 4.22.0.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 88.1% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Improper Authentication
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 8.13.18
- affected 8.14.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 8.20.6
- affected 8.21.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 8.22.0
Atlassian · Jira Software Server
- affected unspecified – < 8.13.18
- affected 8.14.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 8.20.6
- affected 8.21.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 8.22.0
Atlassian · Jira Software Data Center
- affected unspecified – < 8.13.18
- affected 8.14.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 8.20.6
- affected 8.21.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 8.22.0
Atlassian · Jira Service Management Server
- affected unspecified – < 4.13.18
- affected 4.14.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 4.20.6
- affected 4.21.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 4.22.0
Atlassian · Jira Service Management Data Center
- affected unspecified – < 4.13.18
- affected 4.14.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 4.20.6
- affected 4.21.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 4.22.0
References (3)
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Jira+Security+Advisory+2022-04-20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-73650 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSDSERVER-11224 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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