{"cve":"CVE-2022-26138","nvd":{"published":"2022-07-20T18:15:08.617","modified":"2026-06-17T04:34:46.187","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-798"],"references":["https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2022-07-20-1142446709.html","https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-79483","https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2022-07-20-1142446709.html","https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-79483","https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-26138"],"products":["atlassian:questions_for_confluence"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:33:44.859608815+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-26138","score":0.98241,"percentile":0.99915,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2022-26138","date_added":"2022-07-29","due_date":"2022-08-19","vendor":"Atlassian","product":"Confluence","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}