External Control of File Name or Path Affecting mcp-atlassian package, versions [,0.17.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.26% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-MCPATLASSIAN-15518737
  • published13 Mar 2026
  • disclosed10 Mar 2026
  • credityotampe-pluto, Gil Maman

Introduced: 10 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-27825  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mcp-atlassian to version 0.17.0 or higher.

Overview

mcp-atlassian is a The Model Context Protocol (MCP) Atlassian integration is an open-source implementation that bridges Atlassian products (Jira and Confluence) with AI language models following Anthropic's MCP specification. This project enables secure, contextual AI interactions with Atlassian tools while maintaining data privacy and security. Key features include:

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path via the confluence_download_attachment MCP tool. An attacker can write arbitrary files to any location accessible by the server process and potentially achieve code execution by supplying a crafted download_path parameter and uploading a malicious attachment.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1