CVE-2023-22518: Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Improper Authorization Vulnerability

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2023-11-07. EPSS: 100% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

All versions of Confluence Data Center and Server are affected by this unexploited vulnerability. This Improper Authorization vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to reset Confluence and create a Confluence instance administrator account. Using this account, an attacker can then perform all administrative actions that are available to Confluence instance administrator leading to - but not limited to - full loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability.  Atlassian Cloud sites are not affected by this vulnerability. If your Confluence site is accessed via an atlassian.net domain, it is hosted by Atlassian and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Affected products

• Atlassian Confluence Data Center: from 1.0, before 7.19.16 (fixed in 7.19.16); from 7.20.0, before 8.3.4 (fixed in 8.3.4); from 8.4.0, before 8.4.4 (fixed in 8.4.4); from 8.5.0, before 8.5.3 (fixed in 8.5.3); version 8.6.0 only
• Atlassian Confluence Server: from 1.0, before 7.19.16 (fixed in 7.19.16); from 7.20.0, before 8.3.4 (fixed in 8.3.4); from 8.4.0, before 8.4.4 (fixed in 8.4.4); from 8.5.0, before 8.5.3 (fixed in 8.5.3); version 8.6.0 only

Published 2023-10-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.