CVE-2022-36804: Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center Command Injection Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center Command Injection Vulnerability
Vendor: Atlassian
Product: Bitbucket Server and Data Center
Added to the catalog: 2022-09-30
Due date for US federal agencies: 2022-10-21
Weaknesses: CWE-78, CWE-88, CWE-158
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

Multiple API endpoints of Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center contain a command injection vulnerability where an attacker with access to a public Bitbucket repository, or with read permissions to a private one, can execute code by sending a malicious HTTP request.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2022-08-25T06:15:09.077
Last modified: 2026-06-17T04:54:00.640
Weaknesses: CWE-78, CWE-88

Multiple API endpoints in Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center 7.0.0 before version 7.6.17, from version 7.7.0 before version 7.17.10, from version 7.18.0 before version 7.21.4, from version 8.0.0 before version 8.0.3, from version 8.1.0 before version 8.1.3, and from version 8.2.0 before version 8.2.2, and from version 8.3.0 before 8.3.1 allows remote attackers with read permissions to a public or private Bitbucket repository to execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious HTTP request. This vulnerability was reported via our Bug Bounty Program by TheGrandPew.

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	8.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	8.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168470/Bitbucket-Git-Command-Injection.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171453/Bitbucket-7.0.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BSERV-13438 (Issue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168470/Bitbucket-Git-Command-Injection.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171453/Bitbucket-7.0.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BSERV-13438 (Issue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-36804 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner: atlassian
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-08-25T05:40:08.899Z
Updated: 2025-10-21T23:15:36.273Z
Problem types: Remote Code Execution

References

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BSERV-13438
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168470/Bitbucket-Git-Command-Injection.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171453/Bitbucket-7.0.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html

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Detection rules (SigmaHQ)

SigmaHQ rules whose own tags name this CVE. Each rule page shows the rule as its author published it.

Atlassian Bitbucket Command Injection Via Archive API (status test, level high)

Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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SigmaHQ
"Atlassian Bitbucket Command Injection Via Archive API" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2022/Exploits/CVE-2022-36804/web_cve_2022_36804_atlassian_bitbucket_command_injection.yml.
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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2022-36804: Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center Command Injection Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-95c9a37a3bb6, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2022-36804 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T04:54:00.640.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:15:36.273Z.
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 65c0a0ab-d675-4441-bd6b-d3db226a2685, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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