8.3
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2025-22166
Atlassian Confluence Data Center Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

This High severity DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability was introduced in version 2.0 of Confluence Data Center. This DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.3, allows an attacker to cause a resource to be unavailable for its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network. Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions: Confluence Data Center and Server 8.5: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.5.25 Confluence Data Center and Server 9.2: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 9.2.7 Confluence Data Center and Server 10.0: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.0.2 See the release notes ([https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html]). You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center from the download center ([https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives]). This vulnerability was reported via our Atlassian (Internal) program.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 21, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 21, 2025, 7:31 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-22166 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Atlassian confluence_data_center
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Upgrade Confluence Data Center to a fixed version to prevent service disruption.
  • Upgrade Confluence Data Center to the latest version.
  • Alternatively, upgrade to a supported fixed version.
  • Review release notes for specific version details.
  • Download the latest version from the download center.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-22166.

URL Resource
https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1652920034
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-100907
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-22166 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-22166 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-22166 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Oct. 21, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CWE-405
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description This High severity DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability was introduced in version 2.0 of Confluence Data Center. This DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.3, allows an attacker to cause a resource to be unavailable for its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network. Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions: Confluence Data Center and Server 8.5: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 8.5.25 Confluence Data Center and Server 9.2: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 9.2.7 Confluence Data Center and Server 10.0: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.0.2 See the release notes ([https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html]). You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center from the download center ([https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives]). This vulnerability was reported via our Atlassian (Internal) program.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added Reference https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1652920034
    Added Reference https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-100907
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.3
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