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CVE-2025-22166· NVD / CVE Program· CNA atlassian

This High severity DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability was introduced in version 2.0 of Confluence Data Center.

This High severity DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability was introduced in version 2.0 of Confluence Data Center. This DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.3, allows an attacker to cause a resource to be unavailable for its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network. 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 8.5: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.5.25 Confluence Data Center and Server 9.2: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 9.2.7 Confluence Data Center and Server 10.0: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.0.2 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 reported via our Atlassian (Internal) program.

HighCVSS 8.3 · v4.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Oct 21, 2025
Updated
Sep 30, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 41th percentile
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Action score

33

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
33 / 40 · 8.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · atlassian
8.3
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
atlassianconfluence data center
atlassianconfluence server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • atlassian confluence data center8.5.0 and later · before 8.5.25
  • atlassian confluence data center9.2.0 and later · before 9.2.7
  • atlassian confluence data center10.0.0 and later · before 10.0.2
  • atlassian confluence server8.5.0 and later · before 8.5.25
  • atlassian confluence server9.2.0 and later · before 9.2.7
  • atlassian confluence server10.0.0 and later · before 10.0.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (atlassian). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Atlassian Confluence Data Center

    • 10.0.2 to 10.0.3, 9.2.7 to 9.2.9, 8.5.25 to 8.5.27not affected
    • 9.5.1 to 9.5.4, 9.4.0 to 9.4.1, 9.3.1 to 9.3.2, 9.2.0 to 9.2.6, 9.1.0 to 9.1.1, 9.0.1 to 9.0.3, 8.9.0 to 8.9.8, 8.8.0 to 8.8.1, 8.7.1 to 8.7.2, 8.6.1 to 8.6.2, 8.5.3 to 8.5.24, 7.19.16 to 7.19.30affected

Same product

atlassian: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-22527A template injection vulnerability on older versions of Confluence Data Center and Server allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve RCE KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2023-22518All versions of Confluence Data Center and Server are affected by this unexploited vulnerability.KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2023-22515Atlassian has been made aware of an issue reported by a handful of customers where external attackers may have exploited a previously unknowKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2022-26134In affected versions of Confluence Server and Data Center, an OGNL injection vulnerability exists that would allow an unauthenticated attackKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2021-26084In affected versions of Confluence Server and Data Center, an OGNL injection vulnerability exists that would allow an unauthenticated attackKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2021-26085Affected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server allow remote attackers to view restricted resources via a Pre-Authorization Arbitrary File KEV
    81Now

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-405 · Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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