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incidents/AIR-2026-0075

CVE-2026-73498: Path traversal flaw in MCP Atlassian server allows arbitrary file read

Attack on AI2 Disclosed vulnerabilityInfrastructure vulnerabilityAgent hijack

The MCP Atlassian server prior to version 0.22.0 lacks safe path validation in attachment uploads, enabling authenticated clients or induced AI agents to read and exfiltrate arbitrary files. This can lead to the exposure of sensitive server environment variables.

disclosed CVENo confirmed exploitation, so this record is tracked as a disclosed vulnerability and not counted as an incident. It moves into the counts if CISA or the vendor confirms exploitation. Why

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Infrastructure vulnerabilityprimary
    CVEs and advisories in AI frameworks, inference servers, MCP servers, AI developer tools and hosting stacks.
  • Agent hijack
    An AI agent is tricked into unauthorized actions: tool misuse, data exfiltration through the agent, or acting against its principal.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
2 · Disclosed vulnerability
CVE or vendor advisory, patched or patchable, no confirmed exploitation.
targets
Framework / tooling, Enterprise deployment
products
MCP Atlassian
incident date
12 Aug 2026
first reported
12 Aug 2026
origin
NVD
Vulnerability record from NVD / the GitHub Advisory Database. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
CVE-2026-73498 · mcp · path-traversal · atlassian
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:33Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-08-12
    CVE-2026-73498: MCP Atlassian is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Atlassian products (Confluence and Jira).
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73498

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