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CVE-2022-26138

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2022-07-20 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

The Atlassian Questions For Confluence app for Confluence Server and Data Center creates a Confluence user account in the confluence-users group with the username disabledsystemuser and a hardcoded password. A remote, unauthenticated attacker with knowledge of the hardcoded password could exploit this to log into Confluence and access all content accessible to users in the confluence-users group. This user account is created when installing versions 2.7.34, 2.7.35, and 3.0.2 of the app.

Affected Platforms

Atlassian Questions For ConfluenceAtlassian Confluence Data CenterAtlassian Confluence Server

Weakness Type

CWE-798, CWE-798

References