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title: "CVE-2026-77254: MCP Atlassian - Broken Access Control"
description: "MCP Atlassian < 0.22.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by allowing requests without per-user identity to use global Jira or Confluence credentials, letting network attackers perform operations with operator permissions, exploit requires lack of independent authentication boundary."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-77254/
---

# CVE-2026-77254 MCP Atlassian - Broken Access Control

MCP Atlassian < 0.22.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by allowing requests without per-user identity to use global Jira or Confluence credentials, letting network attackers perform operations with operator permissions, exploit requires lack of independent authentication boundary.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

Proof of concept available

EPSS

0.62% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77254)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Broken Access Control

CVSS vector

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

Published

22 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-306](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 0.22.0 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77254](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77254)
- [https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/commit/b041733473f95119dd539542a43c280737a8e460](https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/commit/b041733473f95119dd539542a43c280737a8e460)
- [https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/pull/1448](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/releases/tag/v0.22.0)
- [https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/security/advisories/GHSA-vc8m-84rp-53hx](https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/security/advisories/GHSA-vc8m-84rp-53hx)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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