High severity · published Mar 10, 2026
CVE-2026-27825
MCP Atlassian has an arbitrary file write leading to arbitrary code execution via unconstrained download_path in confluence_download_attachment
8.0
CVSS
11.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MCP Atlassian is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Atlassian products (Confluence and Jira). Prior to version 0.17.0, the `confluence_download_attachment` MCP tool accepts a `download_path` parameter that is written to without any directory boundary enforcement. An attacker who can call this tool and supply or access a Confluence attachment with malicious content can write arbitrary content to any path the server process has write access to. Because the attacker controls both the write destination and the written content (via an uploaded Confluence attachment), this constitutes for arbitrary code execution (for example, writing a valid cron entry to `/etc/cron.d/` achieves code execution within one scheduler cycle with no server restart required). Version 0.17.0 fixes the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)11.5% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MC
mcp-atlassian · sooperset
< 0.17.0 · source: vendor
MA
Mcp Atlassian · Mcp-atlassian
before 0.17.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27825
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27825
Patch
https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/commit/52b9b0997681e87244b20d58034deae89c91631e
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/security/advisories/GHSA-xjgw-4wvw-rgm4
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