Atlassian · Jira · CVE-2026-27826
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
MCP Atlassian versions prior to 0.17.0
**Description**
MCP Atlassian is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server used with Atlassian products like Confluence and Jira. Prior to version 0.17.0, an unauthenticated attacker reaching the mcp-atlassian HTTP endpoint can make the server send HTTP requests to a URL controlled by the attacker by providing specific HTTP headers without an `Authorization` header. This occurs in the HTTP middleware and dependency injection layer. In cloud environments, this could lead to the theft of IAM role credentials through the instance metadata endpoint (`169[.]254[.]169[.]254`). In any HTTP deployment, it allows for internal network reconnaissance and the injection of attacker-controlled content into LLM tool results. The issue is related to the absence of required authentication checks for specific HTTP requests.
**Recommendations**
Versions prior to 0.17.0 should be updated to version 0.17.0 or later.