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CVE-2022-42977

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Netic User Export add-on before 1.3.5 for Atlassian Confluence has the functionality to generate a list of users in the application, and export it. During export, the HTTP request has a fileName parameter that accepts any file on the system (e.g., an SSH private key) to be downloaded.

Affected products

• Atlassian Confluence Data Center: before 1.3.5 — fixed in 1.3.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Atlassian Confluence Data Center 1.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gist.github.com/CveCt0r/34251664a511f1045ce6a5492e94eec1
• https://gist.github.com/CveCt0r/34251664a511f1045ce6a5492e94eec1

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