MCP Atlassian: OAuth fallback token storage writes plaintext access and refresh tokens with group-readable permissions (CVE-2026-77250) | HOL Guard CVE

Medium · CVSS 6.1CVE-2026-77250

MCP Atlassian: OAuth fallback token storage writes plaintext access and refresh tokens with group-readable permissions

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-77250 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in MCP Atlassian: OAuth fallback token storage writes plaintext access and refresh tokens with group-readable permissions. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps sooperset/mcp-atlassian (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 22, 2026Updated Sep 22, 2026Source checked Sep 22, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 22, 2026Material review Sep 22, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Medium · CVSS 6.1
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 6.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps sooperset/mcp-atlassian (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
sooperset/mcp-atlassiangeneric	<0.22.0	0.22.0

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for sooperset/mcp-atlassian.
Review the reported fix. Update sooperset/mcp-atlassian to 0.22.0 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 22, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

MCP Atlassian is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Atlassian products (Confluence and Jira). Prior to 0.22.0, OAuthConfig writes a plaintext fallback file containing access and refresh tokens under the user's .mcp-atlassian directory using process-default permissions. On systems with a permissive umask, same-group or other local users and processes can read the persisted tokens and reuse the associated Atlassian access. The advisory traces the vulnerable input and processing flow through OAuthConfig._save_tokens, ~/.mcp-atlassian/oauth-<client_id>.json, access_token, and refresh_token, which identify the affected entry points, controls, and code paths. This issue is fixed in version 0.22.0.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.