Is CVE-2023-22526 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-22526 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-22526?

CVE-2023-22526 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-22526?

CVE-2023-22526 has an EPSS score of 1.57% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22526?

Upgrade confluence data center to 8.7.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-22526

HIGHEPSS 72th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

This High severity RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability was introduced in version 7.19.0 of Confluence Data Center. This RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.2, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires no user interaction. Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions: Confluence Data Center and Server 7.19: Upgrade to a release 7.19.17, or any higher 7.19.x release Confluence Data Center and Server 8.5: Upgrade to a release 8.5.5 or any higher 8.5.x release Confluence Data Center and Server 8.7: Upgrade to a release 8.7.2 or any higher release See the release notes ([https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html]). You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center from the download center ([https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives]). This vulnerability was discovered by m1sn0w and reported via our Bug Bounty program

CWE-94Code Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

confluence data centerNVD

Affected:>= 8.7.0, < 8.7.2Fixed in:8.7.2CVE-2023-22526derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

confluence.atlassian.com

Other references1

jira.atlassian.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-94 (Code Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2017-9841	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-1635	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-22954	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-22204	Medium	6.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-3248	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-0158	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-06-20.