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CVE-2026-77250: MCP Atlassian: OAuth fallback token storage writes plaintext access and refresh tokens with group-readable permissions

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-09-22 · updated 2026-09-29
• Weakness: CWE-312

Description

MCP Atlassian is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Atlassian products (Confluence and Jira). Prior to 0.22.0, OAuthConfig writes a plaintext fallback file containing access and refresh tokens under the user's .mcp-atlassian directory using process-default permissions. On systems with a permissive umask, same-group or other local users and processes can read the persisted tokens and reuse the associated Atlassian access. The advisory traces the vulnerable input and processing flow through OAuthConfig._save_tokens, ~/.mcp-atlassian/oauth-<client_id>.json, access_token, and refresh_token, which identify the affected entry points, controls, and code paths. This issue is fixed in version 0.22.0.

Affected products

• sooperset mcp-atlassian: before 0.22.0 — fixed in 0.22.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: sooperset mcp-atlassian 0.22.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/commit/b041733473f95119dd539542a43c280737a8e460
• https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/pull/1448
• https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/releases/tag/v0.22.0
• https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/security/advisories/GHSA-g5xv-mhgm-v5f6
• https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/security/advisories/GHSA-g5xv-mhgm-v5f6

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