Code injection in Atlassian Bitbucket Data Center
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
This High severity RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability was introduced in version 8.0.0 of Bitbucket Data Center and Server. This RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.5, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires no user interaction. Atlassian recommends that Bitbucket Data Center and Server customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions: Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.9: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.9.5 Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.10: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.10.5 Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.11: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.11.4 Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.12: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.12.2 Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.13: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.13.1 Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.14: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.14.0 Bitbucket Data Center and Server version >= 8.0 and < 8.9: Upgrade to any of the listed fix versions. See the release notes (https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/release-notes). You can download the latest version of Bitbucket Data Center and Server from the download center (https://www.atlassian.com/software/bitbucket/download-archives). This vulnerability was discovered by a private user and reported via our Bug Bounty program
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlassian | Bitbucket Data Center | >= 8.0.0; >= 8.1.0; >= 8.10.0; >= 8.11.0; >= 8.12.0; >= 8.13.0; >= 8.2.0; >= 8.3.0; >= 8.4.0; >= 8.5.0; >= 8.6.0; >= 8.7.0; >= 8.8.0; >= 8.9.0 | < 8.0.0, >= 8.10.5, >= 8.11.4, >= 8.12.2, >= 8.13.1, >= 8.14.0, >= 8.9.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| Atlassian | Bitbucket Server | >= 8.0.0; >= 8.1.0; >= 8.10.0; >= 8.11.0; >= 8.12.0; >= 8.13.0; >= 8.2.0; >= 8.3.0; >= 8.4.0; >= 8.5.0; >= 8.6.0; >= 8.7.0; >= 8.8.0; >= 8.9.0 | < 8.0.0, >= 8.10.5, >= 8.11.4, >= 8.12.2, >= 8.13.1, >= 8.14.0, >= 8.9.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Bitbucket Data Center VendorAtlassian Affected >= 8.0.0; >= 8.1.0; >= 8.10.0; >= 8.11.0; >= 8.12.0; >= 8.13.0; >= 8.2.0; >= 8.3.0; >= 8.4.0; >= 8.5.0; >= 8.6.0; >= 8.7.0; >= 8.8.0; >= 8.9.0 Fixed in < 8.0.0, >= 8.10.5, >= 8.11.4, >= 8.12.2, >= 8.13.1, >= 8.14.0, >= 8.9.5 Patch available CNA
- Bitbucket Server VendorAtlassian Affected >= 8.0.0; >= 8.1.0; >= 8.10.0; >= 8.11.0; >= 8.12.0; >= 8.13.0; >= 8.2.0; >= 8.3.0; >= 8.4.0; >= 8.5.0; >= 8.6.0; >= 8.7.0; >= 8.8.0; >= 8.9.0 Fixed in < 8.0.0, >= 8.10.5, >= 8.11.4, >= 8.12.2, >= 8.13.1, >= 8.14.0, >= 8.9.5 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.9.0 to before 8.9.5; 8.10.0 to before 8.10.5; 8.11.0 to before 8.11.4; 8.12.0 to before 8.12.2 | Vulnerable | Atlassian |
| cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_data_center:8.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.13.0 | Vulnerable | Atlassian |
| cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.9.0 to before 8.9.5; 8.10.0 to before 8.10.5; 8.11.0 to before 8.11.4; 8.12.0 to before 8.12.2 | Vulnerable | Atlassian |
| cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_server:8.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.13.0 | Vulnerable | Atlassian |
- cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.9.0 to before 8.9.5; 8.10.0 to before 8.10.5; 8.11.0 to before 8.11.4; 8.12.0 to before 8.12.2 Vulnerable ·Atlassian
- cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_data_center:8.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.13.0 Vulnerable ·Atlassian
- cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.9.0 to before 8.9.5; 8.10.0 to before 8.10.5; 8.11.0 to before 8.11.4; 8.12.0 to before 8.12.2 Vulnerable ·Atlassian
- cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_server:8.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.13.0 Vulnerable ·Atlassian
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Bitbucket Data Center (Atlassian) Fixed in < 8.0.0, >= 8.10.5, >= 8.11.4, >= 8.12.2, >= 8.13.1, >= 8.14.0, >= 8.9.5
- Fix · CNA Bitbucket Server (Atlassian) Fixed in < 8.0.0, >= 8.10.5, >= 8.11.4, >= 8.12.2, >= 8.13.1, >= 8.14.0, >= 8.9.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-22513
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3f2j-57ff-r6p5
References
More Atlassian Bitbucket Data Center vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-67904 Arbitrary file access in Atlassian Data Center products KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2022-09595 Deserialization of untrusted data in Atlassian Bitbucket Data Center CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-14400 Open redirect in Atlassian Bitbucket Data Center CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-22513 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-22513 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3f2j-57ff-r6p5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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