MCP Atlassian: Arbitrary file read via confluence_upload_attachment allows exfiltration of server credentials

SummaryMissing path validation in confluenceuploadattachment 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.---...

MCP Atlassian: Jira and Confluence attachment upload tools can read arbitrary server-local files

SummaryMCP Atlassian exposes Jira and Confluence attachment upload tools that accept arbitrary local filesystem paths and upload those file contents to Atlassian. In HTTP or multi-user deployments, an MCP caller who can invoke write tools can cause the server to read any file accessible to the MC...

MCP Atlassian: Path traversal in upload_attachment allows arbitrary file read and exfiltration via MCP tool call

SummaryThe uploadattachment functions in both the Jira and Confluence modules accept a user-controlled filepath parameter and open the specified file for reading without calling validatesafepath. An authenticated MCP client can supply an arbitrary path such as /etc/passwd or /proc/self/environ,...

MCP Atlassian: Path traversal in upload_attachment allows arbitrary file read (incomplete fix for CVE-2026-27825)

SummaryThe confluenceuploadattachment and confluenceuploadattachments MCP tools accept a filepath parameter and do not validate that the path is confined to an allowed directory before opening the file. An attacker who can call these tools can read any file accessible to the MCP server process SS...

PYSEC-2026-4080 MCP Atlassian: Arbitrary File Read & Exfiltration (Confused Deputy) in JIRA update_issue

Summary A critical Confused Deputy Arbitrary File Read & Exfiltration vulnerability in the Atlassian MCP server Python allows an AI agent to exfiltrate sensitive host files and environment secrets. By providing absolute system paths to the attachments parameter of the updateissue tool, an agent c...

PYSEC-2026-4095 MCP Atlassian: Path traversal in upload_attachment allows arbitrary file read (incomplete fix for CVE-2026-27825)

Summary The confluenceuploadattachment and confluenceuploadattachments MCP tools accept a filepath parameter and do not validate that the path is confined to an allowed directory before opening the file. An attacker who can call these tools can read any file accessible to the MCP server process S...

MCP Atlassian: Arbitrary File Read & Exfiltration (Confused Deputy) in JIRA update_issue

SummaryA critical Confused Deputy Arbitrary File Read & Exfiltration vulnerability in the Atlassian MCP server Python allows an AI agent to exfiltrate sensitive host files and environment secrets. By providing absolute system paths to the attachments parameter of the updateissue tool, an agent ca...

PYSEC-2026-4086 MCP Atlassian: Arbitrary file read via confluence_upload_attachment allows exfiltration of server credentials

Summary Missing path validation in confluenceuploadattachment 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...

MCP Atlassian: Path Traversal / Arbitrary File Read in confluence_upload_attachment MCP tool (incomplete fix of GHSA-xjgw-4wvw-rgm4)

Summarymcp-atlassian exposes an MCP tool confluenceuploadattachment whose filepath argument is passed directly to openfilepath, "rb" without any path validation. An attacker able to invoke the tool can read arbitrary files readable by the server process and exfiltrate them into a multipart upload...

PYSEC-2026-4097 MCP Atlassian: Path traversal in upload_attachment allows arbitrary file read and exfiltration via MCP tool call

Summary The uploadattachment functions in both the Jira and Confluence modules accept a user-controlled filepath parameter and open the specified file for reading without calling validatesafepath. An authenticated MCP client can supply an arbitrary path such as /etc/passwd or /proc/self/environ,...

PYSEC-2026-4099 MCP Atlassian: Path Traversal / Arbitrary File Read in confluence_upload_attachment MCP tool (incomplete fix of GHSA-xjgw-4wvw-rgm4)

Summary mcp-atlassian exposes an MCP tool confluenceuploadattachment whose filepath argument is passed directly to openfilepath, "rb" without any path validation. An attacker able to invoke the tool can read arbitrary files readable by the server process and exfiltrate them into a multipart uploa...

MCP Atlassian: Arbitrary File Read via Upload Attachment Tools

SummaryThe upload attachment tools in both Confluence and Jira accept arbitrary file paths without path traversal validation. The uploadattachment methods read any file accessible to the server process and upload it to a Confluence page or Jira issue. Despite the existence of a validatesafepath...

PYSEC-2026-4090 MCP Atlassian: Arbitrary File Read via Upload Attachment Tools

Summary The upload attachment tools in both Confluence and Jira accept arbitrary file paths without path traversal validation. The uploadattachment methods read any file accessible to the server process and upload it to a Confluence page or Jira issue. Despite the existence of a validatesafepath...

PYSEC-2026-4101 MCP Atlassian: Jira and Confluence attachment upload tools can read arbitrary server-local files

Summary MCP Atlassian exposes Jira and Confluence attachment upload tools that accept arbitrary local filesystem paths and upload those file contents to Atlassian. In HTTP or multi-user deployments, an MCP caller who can invoke write tools can cause the server to read any file accessible to the M...

MPXJ: XXE Vulnerability in MerlinReader

ImpactMPXJ used the default configuration when creating a DocumentBuilder instance, which leaves doctype declarations enabled, when parsing the XML content of the ZTIMEINTERVALS column from a Merlin project SQLite file. This would allow a carefully crafted XML payload to read an arbitrary file...

MCP Atlassian: Unauthenticated arbitrary local file read via upload_attachment file_path, chained with missing auth on streamable-http transport

SummaryIn the documented multi-user HTTP deployment --transport streamable-http with global operator Atlassian credentials, sooperset/mcp-atlassian exposes all tools to unauthenticated network clients, and the uploadattachment tool reads an attacker-supplied filepath with no path validation...

PYSEC-2026-4107 MPXJ: XXE Vulnerability in MerlinReader

Impact MPXJ used the default configuration when creating a DocumentBuilder instance, which leaves doctype declarations enabled, when parsing the XML content of the ZTIMEINTERVALS column from a Merlin project SQLite file. This would allow a carefully crafted XML payload to read an arbitrary file...

CVE-2024-58388

Sharp and Toshiba Tec rebranded multifunction printers contain an unauthenticated local file inclusion vulnerability that allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by manipulating the path parameter in the installedemanualdown.html endpoint. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequence...

GitPython: GitPython: Arbitrary file read via TagReference.create()

A flaw was found in GitPython. A remote attacker with low privileges can exploit a vulnerability in the TagReference.create function, where a positional reference parameter bypasses a security guard. This allows the attacker to supply a specially crafted reference value, such as --file=, to read...

CVE-2018-18778

CVE-2018-18778 - ACME minihttpd Arbitrary File Read CVE-2018-18778 is a security vulnerability affecting ACME minihttpd a lightweight web server. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server. It was publicly disclosed in October 2018 and impacts versions of...