CVE-2022-0540
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CVSS Score
V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 92.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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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.
Available Exploits
Atlassian Jira Seraph - Authentication Bypass
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.
References:
- https://blog.viettelcybersecurity.com/cve-2022-0540-authentication-bypass-in-seraph/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0540
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Jira+Security+Advisory+2022-04-20
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-73650
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSDSERVER-11224