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Confluence SSTI RCE (CVE-2023-22527)

Single product confluence-ssti

Unauthenticated OGNL injection in out-of-date Confluence Data Center and Server 8.x (through 8.5.3) enabling remote code execution. Atlassian CVSS 10.0; NVD 9.8. Mass exploitation attempts from 19 Jan 2024 (Shadowserver). CISA KEV 24 Jan 2024; ransomware Known.

Exposed hosts

No public figure yet

Possibly vulnerable

No public figure yet

Compromised hosts

No public figure yet

Scanning seen

about 39,048 events from 602 IPs

Seen by Shadowserver,

Exploitation confirmed

Listed

Seen by CISA,

What changed on 24 Oct 2026

Updated 24 Oct 2026

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Act-now priority

Act nowNew

Label from the published rule on the Method page. Scores below were fetched from public sources on .

CVSS

9.8

NVD CVSS 3.1, CVE-2023-22527. Record dated .

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD record

EPSS

0.99984

99.98th percentile. FIRST model date .

FIRST EPSS API

CISA KEV

Listed

Added . Due . Catalog 2026.10.23.

CISA KEV catalog JSON

Exploitation

Exploited

This page records confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.

Internet exposure

No public exposure figure on this page.

Summary for management

Unauthenticated OGNL injection remote code execution on out-of-date Confluence Data Center and Server 8.x (CVE-2023-22527). Atlassian CVSS 10.0; NVD 9.8. Mass attempts from 19 Jan 2024. Listed in CISA KEV; ransomware Known.

Confirm Data Center and Server 8.x instances are on 8.5.4 or later (or 8.6.0 / 8.7.1 on Data Center) and hunt access logs for text-inline.vm. Cloud and 7.19 LTS are not affected per Atlassian.

PatchedKEVExploited
Aliases
CVE-2023-22527, Confluence OGNL, Confluence SSTI
Published
Updated

What the bug is

CVE-2023-22527 is an unauthenticated OGNL injection in older Confluence Data Center and Server 8.x releases that allows remote code execution. Atlassian rates it CVSS 10.0 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). NVD rates CVSS 3.1 9.8. Affected versions are 8.0.x through 8.4.x and 8.5.0 through 8.5.3. Confluence 7.19.x LTS and Atlassian Cloud are not affected per Atlassian. There is no workaround; Atlassian requires an upgrade.

Preconditions: Confluence Data Center or Server on an affected 8.x build, with network reachability to the HTTP(S) interface, often port 8090 in docs and public modules. No authentication is required.

ProjectDiscovery (22 Jan 2024) showed the practical path uses an unauthenticated Velocity view named text-inline.vm, where the label parameter reaches OGNL evaluation. Advisory fixed versions include 8.5.4 (LTS), 8.6.0, and 8.7.1 (Data Center only). Atlassian also pointed at 8.5.5 and 8.7.2 as current releases at advisory time.

Shadowserver observed exploit attempts from 19 Jan 2024, days after the 16 Jan advisory. Follow-on abuse has included cryptomining (Trend Micro, 28 Aug 2024). CISA KEV lists known ransomware campaign use. This page does not name a ransomware affiliate; no primary affiliate report was in the sources reviewed here.

Attack path

  1. Confluence reachabilityUnauthenticated HTTP(S) access to an affected Confluence Data Center or Server 8.x instance.
  2. OGNL injectionAttacker reaches a Velocity view that evaluates attacker-controlled OGNL. Public analyses name text-inline.vm.
  3. Code / command execArbitrary code or OS commands run in the Confluence process context. Conceptual only.
  4. Mining / ransomware / lateralObserved follow-on includes cryptominers and other post-exploitation. Ransomware use is flagged in KEV without a named affiliate here.

High-level only. Not a reproduction guide.

Exploitation status

CISA KEV

Listed in CISA KEV as of .

CISA KEV catalog

CISA KEV CVE-2023-22527 Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server. dateAdded 2024-01-24, due 2024-02-14. knownRansomwareCampaignUse Known.

First seen

Seen . Source: Shadowserver (via SC Media)

Shadowserver reported seeing pre-auth RCE attempts since 19 Jan 2024. By 22 Jan 2024, about 39,048 events from 602 unique IPs (callback tests and whoami).

Am I affected?New

Confluence Data Center and Server 8.0.x through 8.4.x and 8.5.0 through 8.5.3 are in scope until 8.5.4, 8.6.0, or 8.7.1. Atlassian states 7.19.x LTS and Atlassian Cloud are not affected. There is no workaround.

  • Read the Confluence Data Center or Server version

    Version

    Atlassian (16 Jan 2024): affected 8.0.x, 8.1.x, 8.2.x, 8.3.x, 8.4.x, and 8.5.0 through 8.5.3. Fixed: 8.5.4 (LTS), 8.6.0, 8.7.1 (Data Center only). Latest pointed at advisory time also included 8.5.5 and 8.7.2. 7.19.x LTS is not affected. Record the version from the About Confluence page or the Administration version string. No public CLI version string was copied from the advisory in this pass.

    On the About Confluence page or in Administration, record the Data Center or Server version string and compare it to 8.5.4 / 8.6.0 / 8.7.1.
    Affected
    Data Center or Server 8.0.x through 8.4.x, or 8.5.0 through 8.5.3.
    Fixed or out of scope
    8.5.4 or later on the 8.5 train, 8.6.0 or later, or 8.7.1 or later on Data Center. 7.19.x LTS and Atlassian Cloud are vendor-stated not affected.

  • Confirm the site is Data Center or Server, not Cloud

    Config

    Atlassian: Atlassian Cloud sites are not affected. If the site is reached at an atlassian.net hostname, it is hosted by Atlassian. This page is about customer-managed Data Center and Server.

    Record the site hostname and product edition. If the hostname ends in atlassian.net, treat it as Atlassian Cloud (vendor-stated not affected). Otherwise record Data Center or Server and complete the version check.
    Affected
    A customer-managed Data Center or Server host on 8.0 through 8.5.3.
    Fixed or out of scope
    Atlassian Cloud (atlassian.net), 7.19.x LTS, or a fixed 8.x release.

Limits

  • Cloud and 7.19 LTS are vendor-stated not affected. Do not mark them affected.
  • Atlassian publishes no workaround. A patched host can still hold miners or cron jobs (Trend Micro, 28 Aug 2024).
  • No sourced Shodan product query is published on this page; do not invent one.

Can't patch yet?New

Atlassian says there are no known workarounds and customers on an affected version must update. CISA KEV tells you to apply vendor instructions or discontinue use.

No vendor mitigation published; patch is the only fix. Checked .

What defenders should do today

Do today

  1. 1

    Upgrade Confluence to a fixed release

    Move affected 8.x instances to at least Fixed in 8.5.4, or to Fixed in 8.6.0 / Fixed in 8.7.1 on Data Center, or a current supported release. No workaround. Cloud and 7.19 LTS are not affected per Atlassian.

    Atlassian CVE-2023-22527

  2. 2

    Retrohunt access logs for text-inline.vm

    Search for POSTs to the unauthenticated Velocity path ProjectDiscovery names (text-inline.vm) from 16 Jan 2024 onward (disclosure; Shadowserver attempts from 19 Jan 2024), or earlier if the instance was exposed.

This week

  1. 1

    Host hunt for mining and webshell follow-on

    Check for unexpected child processes from the Confluence JVM, new cron jobs, disabled security tools, and outbound mining-pool traffic (Trend Micro cryptojacking reporting).

    Trend Micro cryptomining research

Detection rules

Detection rule coverage by format
FormatAvailableTestedSource
SigmaNoNo ruleNone on this page
Splunk SPLYes, 1 ruleTestedCited source
Microsoft Sentinel KQLNoNo ruleNone on this page
ElasticNoNo ruleNone on this page
SuricataNoNo ruleNone on this page
YARANoNo ruleNone on this page

SPL (Splunk)

  • Confluence Pre-Auth RCE via OGNL Injection CVE-2023-22527

    Tested

    Log source: Web datamodel (Suricata or equivalent HTTP logs)

    | tstats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime FROM datamodel=Web
  WHERE Web.url="*/template/aui/text-inline.vm*" Web.http_method=POST Web.status IN (200, 202)
  BY Web.src, Web.dest, Web.http_user_agent,
     Web.url, Web.status
| `drop_dm_object_name("Web")`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `confluence_pre_auth_rce_via_ognl_injection_cve_2023_22527_filter`

    By Michael Haag, Splunk, . Source. License: Apache-2.0

    Tested: Source lists a True Positive Test with published Suricata attack_data. Citation

    Splunk security_content production rule. creation_date 2024-01-24. This site does not republish exploit payloads.

More detection content

Look for past exploitationNew

Search Confluence and reverse-proxy access logs from 16 Jan 2024 (attempts from 19 Jan per Shadowserver) for POSTs to text-inline.vm, then hunt the host for unexpected child processes, cron jobs, and mining follow-on.

How far back to search

Search from (public disclosure). This date is a lower bound.

Atlassian disclosed on 16 Jan 2024. Shadowserver saw attempts from 19 Jan 2024. For internet-facing instances that were on 8.0 through 8.5.3, hunt from first exposure or at least from disclosure through patch date. Keep access logs covering Velocity .vm paths.

Log sources needed

Log sources needed
SourceWhyNeeded
Confluence / Catalina access logsShow POSTs to text-inline.vm and other unexpected .vm hits.Required
Reverse-proxy access logs in front of ConfluenceSame URI if Catalina logs were rotated away.Required
Host EDR / auditd on the Confluence nodeChild processes (whoami, curl, wget, miners, ssh) from the JVM.Optional
Filesystem, cron, and egress DNS / firewallTrend Micro describes planted files, cron persistence, and mining-pool egress.Optional

Steps

  1. 1

    Search access logs for text-inline.vm

    ProjectDiscovery and the Metasploit module name POST to text-inline.vm with a label parameter as the practical injection point.

  2. 2

    Hunt child processes of the Confluence JVM

    Shadowserver early attempts included whoami. Trend Micro describes curl/wget, miners, and SSH spread.

  3. 3

    Check cron, home, and webapps for unexpected files

    Trend Micro describes new cron jobs, disabled security tools, and planted scripts used for cryptomining.

Queries

Queries marked origin vuln2shell are our own and are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0. Tune before use. Third-party hunts stay credited with a link.

SPL (Splunk)

  • POSTs to text-inline.vm since 16 Jan 2024

    Untested

    Log source: Confluence/Catalina or reverse-proxy access logs in Splunk. Time range: From 2024-01-16, limited by retention

    index=* earliest="01/16/2024:00:00:00" (sourcetype=access_combined OR sourcetype=tomcat OR sourcetype=nginx OR sourcetype=iis)
("/template/aui/text-inline.vm" OR "text-inline.vm")
| stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(method) as method values(status) as status by src_ip, dest, uri_path
| convert ctime(firstTime) ctime(lastTime)

    By vuln2shell, . Source. License: CC0 1.0

    Written by vuln2shell. Untested, tune before use.

    URI from ProjectDiscovery. Confirm the sourcetype your proxy or Tomcat add-on uses.

KQL (Microsoft Sentinel / Defender)

  • POSTs to text-inline.vm since 16 Jan 2024

    Untested

    Log source: Reverse-proxy or IIS/CEF access logs in Microsoft Sentinel. Time range: From 2024-01-16, limited by retention

    union isfuzzy=true CommonSecurityLog, W3CIISLog
| where TimeGenerated >= datetime(2024-01-16)
| where RequestURL has "text-inline.vm" or RequestURI has "text-inline.vm" or csUriStem has "text-inline.vm" or AdditionalExtensions has "text-inline.vm"
| summarize Count = count(), FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated) by SourceIP, DestinationHostName, RequestMethod

    By vuln2shell, . Source. License: CC0 1.0

    Written by vuln2shell. Untested, tune before use.

    Field names vary by connector. The URI token is text-inline.vm.

LogScale (CrowdStrike)

  • POSTs to text-inline.vm

    Untested

    Log source: Confluence or reverse-proxy access logs in LogScale. Time range: From 2024-01-16

    // Set the time picker to start 2024-01-16
/text-inline\.vm/
| groupBy([#host], function=[count(), min(@timestamp, as=firstSeen), max(@timestamp, as=lastSeen)])

    By vuln2shell, . Source. License: CC0 1.0

    Written by vuln2shell. Untested, tune before use.

Third-party hunts

Artefacts to check

Artefacts to check
KindWhatDetailSource
Web logPOST to text-inline.vm with an unusual label parameterPractical injection point named by ProjectDiscovery.
Processwhoami / curl / wget / miner binaries spawned by the Confluence JVMShadowserver early attempts included whoami. Trend Micro describes mining follow-on.
FileUnexpected cron jobs or scripts under Confluence home, webapps, or tempTrend Micro cryptomining persistence pattern.

Published IOCs

Trend Micro published campaign indicators in its 28 Aug 2024 post. Specific hashes and wallets from that post are not copied here.

What a hit means

  • Attempt

    A POST to text-inline.vm with no follow-on process or file change.

  • Likely compromise

    whoami, curl, wget, or similar spawned by the Confluence JVM after such a POST.

  • Confirmed compromise

    A miner, webshell, or cron persistence matching Trend Micro's follow-on patterns.

Next steps

  1. 1

    Upgrade and keep the host hunt going

    Install a fixed release. A successful RCE can leave miners and cron jobs after the upgrade.

    Atlassian advisory

  2. 2

    Rotate secrets on the host

    Assume wiki content, local credentials, and SSH keys on a compromised host are exposed.

Limits

  • Lookback is a lower bound. Search only as far as your logs go; many SIEMs keep 30 to 90 days.
  • Cloud and 7.19 LTS are not affected per Atlassian, so those instances are out of scope for this hunt.
  • Specific Trend Micro hashes and wallets are not copied here.
  • Instances that never shipped access logs off-box have no history after rotation.

If you find a hitNew

Upgrade affected 8.x instances immediately. Atlassian requires an update; CISA KEV due 14 Feb 2024. Hunt access logs for POSTs to text-inline.vm and the host for mining or cron follow-on.

Containment

  1. 1

    Upgrade Confluence to a fixed release

    Atlassian (16 Jan 2024): customers using an affected version must take immediate action. Fixed: 8.5.4 (LTS), 8.6.0, 8.7.1 (Data Center only). CISA KEV due 14 Feb 2024: apply vendor instructions or discontinue use if mitigations are unavailable. There are no known workarounds.

  2. 2

    Hunt access logs for POSTs to text-inline.vm

    ProjectDiscovery (22 Jan 2024) names the unauthenticated Velocity view text-inline.vm as the practical injection point. Shadowserver, via SC Media, reported attempts from 19 Jan 2024.

  3. 3

    Hunt the host for mining and cron follow-on

    Trend Micro (28 Aug 2024) describes cryptojacking campaigns: unexpected child processes from the Confluence JVM, new cron jobs, disabled security tools, and outbound mining-pool traffic. Shadowserver early attempts included whoami.

  4. 4

    Take an internet-facing affected instance off untrusted networks if you cannot upgrade yet

    General

    Atlassian requires immediate action and publishes no workaround. Isolation is a generic control until 8.5.4 / 8.6.0 / 8.7.1 is installed. It does not remove miners or cron already planted.

Rotate

  • Local Confluence accounts, session tokens, and SSH keys on the host

    Unauthenticated RCE runs in the Confluence process context. Trend Micro describes SSH spread after compromise. Assume wiki content and host credentials are exposed if a miner, cron job, or unexpected JVM child process is found.

Reported persistence

Reported persistence
KindWhatDetailSource
CronUnexpected cron jobs or scripts under Confluence home, webapps, or tempTrend Micro cryptomining persistence pattern (28 Aug 2024). Specific hashes and wallets from that post are not copied here.

Evidence to keep

  1. 1

    Keep Confluence and reverse-proxy access logs from 16 Jan 2024

    Search for POSTs to text-inline.vm. ProjectDiscovery documents this path. Shadowserver saw attempts from 19 Jan 2024.

  2. 2

    Keep host process, cron, and egress records

    Trend Micro describes curl/wget, miners, disabled security tools, and mining-pool egress from the Confluence JVM.

Limits

  • Cloud and 7.19 LTS are not affected per Atlassian, so those instances are out of scope.
  • Specific Trend Micro hashes and wallets are not copied here.
  • Instances that never shipped access logs off-box have no history after rotation.

Affected versions

Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server

Product version table
VersionStatusFixed version / ETAAdvisory
Confluence Data Center and Server 8.0 through 8.4Affected
8.5.4 / 8.6.0 / 8.7.1

8.0.x 8.1.x 8.2.x 8.3.x 8.4.x

Source
Confluence Data Center and Server 8.5Affected
version 8.5.4 or later

8.5.0-8.5.3

Source
Confluence 7.19.x LTSVendor stated not affected
Not stated

Note: 7.19.x LTS versions are not affected by this vulnerability

Source
Confluence CloudVendor stated not affected
Not stated

Atlassian Cloud sites are not affected by this vulnerability.

Source

Timeline6

Key events

Newest first.

  1. KEVNew

    CISA adds CVE-2023-22527 to KEV (due 14 Feb 2024). knownRansomwareCampaignUse Known.

    Source
  2. PoCNew

    ProjectDiscovery publishes analysis of the unauthenticated Velocity path (text-inline.vm, label parameter) and a nuclei check.

    Source
  3. ExploitedNew

    SC Media reports Shadowserver seeing about 39,048 events from 602 IPs by this date.

    Source
  4. ExploitedNew

    Shadowserver later reports seeing exploit attempts from this date.

    Source
  5. AdvisoryNew

    Atlassian publishes the CVE-2023-22527 advisory. Affected: 8.0.x through 8.5.3. Fixed: 8.5.4, 8.6.0, 8.7.1. 7.19.x LTS and Cloud are not affected. Discovered by Petrus Viet via bug bounty.

    Source
Full timeline (6)
Wed 28 Aug 20241
  1. NoteNew

    Trend Micro publishes research on cryptojacking campaigns abusing CVE-2023-22527 (XMRig, cron persistence, SSH spread).

    Source
Wed 24 Jan 20241
  1. KEVNew

    CISA adds CVE-2023-22527 to KEV (due 14 Feb 2024). knownRansomwareCampaignUse Known.

    Source
Mon 22 Jan 20242
  1. PoCNew

    ProjectDiscovery publishes analysis of the unauthenticated Velocity path (text-inline.vm, label parameter) and a nuclei check.

    Source
  2. ExploitedNew

    SC Media reports Shadowserver seeing about 39,048 events from 602 IPs by this date.

    Source
Fri 19 Jan 20241
  1. ExploitedNew

    Shadowserver later reports seeing exploit attempts from this date.

    Source
Tue 16 Jan 20241
  1. AdvisoryNew

    Atlassian publishes the CVE-2023-22527 advisory. Affected: 8.0.x through 8.5.3. Fixed: 8.5.4, 8.6.0, 8.7.1. 7.19.x LTS and Cloud are not affected. Discovered by Petrus Viet via bug bounty.

    Source

News & write-ups

Research2

Vendor1

Government1

PoC index (for defenders)

Public proof-of-concept links for defensive validation, with a source and a validation status.

  • ProjectDiscovery SSTI analysis and nuclei checkNewValidated

    Source: Rahul Maini, Harsh Jaiswal (ProjectDiscovery). Validated

    Public analysis of the unauthenticated Velocity path. The nuclei check uses an OAST callback. This site does not republish exploit payloads.

  • Metasploit module atlassian_confluence_rce_cve_2023_22527NewValidated

    Source: Rapid7 Metasploit. Validated

    Public module in Metasploit framework. Initial commit b8a0e33ce3ea (22 Jan 2024) is titled Initial exploit for CVE-2023-22527. Listed for defender awareness. This site does not mirror exploit code.

Open questions

  • No public live tracker located for CVE-2023-22527

    Checked 24 Oct 2026. The Shadowserver http_vulnerable dashboard with tag cve-2023-22527 (same URL pattern as other catalog pages) returned that the tag is not one of the available choices. GreyNoise tag and CVE pages returned 403. seenInTheWildLinks stays empty.

  • No named ransomware affiliate in the sources reviewed

    CISA KEV lists known ransomware campaign use. This page does not name an affiliate because no primary affiliate report was in the pack sources.

Original research

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