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CVE-2022-0540

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2024-03-30 by GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2022-04-20
  • Fixed in8.22.0 · 8.20.6 · 8.13.18 · 8.13.8
  • WeaknessCWE-287

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-04-2019:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2024-03-3016:33Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  3. 2024-03-3016:33Exploitation first reportedGCVE

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-0540?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-0540?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · CISA-ADP
Atlassian Jira
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.x≥ 8.21.0, < 8.22.08.22.0
8.x≥ 8.14.0, < 8.20.68.20.6
8.13< 8.13.188.13.18
8.13< 8.13.88.13.8
Atlassian Jira
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.x≥ 8.21.0, < 8.22.08.22.0
8.x≥ 8.14.0, < 8.20.68.20.6
8.13< 8.13.188.13.18
8.13< 8.13.88.13.8
Atlassian jira service management
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.x≥ 4.21.0, < 4.22.04.22.0
4.x≥ 4.14.0, < 4.20.64.20.6
4.13< 4.13.184.13.18
4.13< 4.13.84.13.8

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA5 products

As atlassian, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Atlassian Jira Core Server
    Affected
    • < 8.13.18fixed in 8.13.18custom
    • = 8.14.0no fix statedcustom
    • < 8.20.6fixed in 8.20.6custom
    • = 8.21.0no fix statedcustom
    • < 8.22.0fixed in 8.22.0custom
  • Atlassian Jira Software Server
    Affected
    • < 8.13.18fixed in 8.13.18custom
    • = 8.14.0no fix statedcustom
    • < 8.20.6fixed in 8.20.6custom
    • = 8.21.0no fix statedcustom
    • < 8.22.0fixed in 8.22.0custom
  • Atlassian Jira Software Data Center
    Affected
    • < 8.13.18fixed in 8.13.18custom
    • = 8.14.0no fix statedcustom
    • < 8.20.6fixed in 8.20.6custom
    • = 8.21.0no fix statedcustom
    • < 8.22.0fixed in 8.22.0custom
  • Atlassian Jira Service Management Server
    Affected
    • < 4.13.18fixed in 4.13.18custom
    • = 4.14.0no fix statedcustom
    • < 4.20.6fixed in 4.20.6custom
    • = 4.21.0no fix statedcustom
    • < 4.22.0fixed in 4.22.0custom
  • Atlassian Jira Service Management Data Center
    Affected
    • < 4.13.18fixed in 4.13.18custom
    • = 4.14.0no fix statedcustom
    • < 4.20.6fixed in 4.20.6custom
    • = 4.21.0no fix statedcustom
    • < 4.22.0fixed in 4.22.0custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-04-20

Fix

  1. Update Atlassian Jira to 8.22.0 · 8.20.6 · 8.13.18 · 8.13.8

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedPear1y/CVE-2022-0540-RCE
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-04-20
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-h5cm-vc68-69h9

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0540?

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.

Is CVE-2022-0540 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-0540 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 88.1% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-0540?

CVE-2022-0540 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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