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CVE-2022-0540

A vulnerability in Jira Seraph allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication by sending a specially crafted HTTP request. This...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
February 08, 2022
Published Date
April 20, 2022
Last Updated
October 24, 2024
Vendor
Atlassian
Product
Jira Core Server, Jira Software Server, Jira Software Data Center, Jira Service Management Server, Jira Service Management Data Center
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.
Tags
nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score

Score
92.88% (Percentile: 99.76%) as of 2025-06-05

SSVC Information

Exploitation
none
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-05-08 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

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

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) 2025-05-08 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0540.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

Pear1y/CVE-2022-0540-RCE

Type: github • Created: 2022-05-25 10:47:04 UTC • Stars: 72

Atlassian Jira Seraph Authentication Bypass RCE（CVE-2022-0540）

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Added to KEVIntel