CVE-2026-21589

At a glance

Severity
CRITICAL 9.3
Exploitation
Known exploited (CISA KEV) · added 2026-10-15
Exploited per ENISA since 2026-10-15
EPSS
EPSS 99.48 % · percentile 100 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
atlassian
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

This is a vulnerability in Bitbucket Data Center, Confluence Data Center, Jira Service Management Data Center, Jira Software Data Center, Bamboo Data Center. Crowd Data Center, Crucible and Fisheye. This Arbitrary File Access vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to access specific files within the web application root directory in affected versions. Exploitation requires prior knowledge of the target file's exact name and path; this vulnerability does not allow attackers to enumerate or list directory contents. In some configurations, there may be some sensitive files that make this highly severe. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to access specific files within the web application root directory in affected versions. The vulnerability must be addressed for affected versions of: -- Bitbucket Data Center, introduced in version >= 4.6.0, fix versions: 9.4.26, 10.2.8, 10.5.1 -- Confluence Data Center, introduced in version >= 5.10.0, fix versions 9.2.26, 10.2.19 -- Crowd Data Center, introduced in version >= 2.11.0, fix versions 6.3.7, 7.0.3, 7.1.7, 7.2.4 -- Jira Software Data Center, introduced in version >= 7.1.0, fix versions 9.12.40, 10.3.26, 11.3.12 -- Jira Service Management Data Center, introduced in version >= 3.1.0, fix versions 5.12.40, 10.3.26, 11.3.12 -- Bamboo Data Center >= 7.0.1, fix versions 10.2.24, 12.1.12 -- Crucible, fix versions 4.9.15 -- Fisheye, fix version 4.9.15 -- Exploitation requires prior knowledge of the target file's exact name and path. The vulnerability does not include the capability to enumerate or list directory contents.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:Hatlassian
CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/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:XNVD · security@atlassian.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Atlassian · Bamboo Data Centeraffected All other versions ; unaffected Patch version 10.2.24 and later ; unaffected Patch version 12.1.12 and later
Atlassian · Bitbucket Data Centeraffected All other versions ; unaffected Patch version 10.2.8 and later ; unaffected Patch version 10.5.1 and later ; unaffected Patch version 9.4.26 and later
Atlassian · Confluence Data Centeraffected All other versions ; unaffected Patch version 10.2.19 and later ; unaffected Patch version 9.2.26 and later
Atlassian · Crowd Data Centeraffected All other versions ; unaffected Patch version 7.2.4 and later ; unaffected Patch version 7.1.7 and later ; unaffected Patch version 7.0.3 and later ; unaffected Patch version 6.3.7 and later
Atlassian · Crucible Data Centeraffected All other versions ; unaffected Patch version 4.9.15 and later
Atlassian · Fisheye Data Centeraffected All other versions ; unaffected Patch version 4.9.15 and later
Atlassian · Jira Service Management Data Centeraffected All other versions ; unaffected Patch version 11.3.12 and later ; unaffected Patch version 10.3.26 and later ; unaffected Patch version 5.12.40 and later
Atlassian · Jira Software Data Centeraffected All other versions ; unaffected Patch version 11.3.12 and later ; unaffected Patch version 10.3.26 and later ; unaffected Patch version 9.12.40 and later

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited VulnerabilitiesCC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD