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Atlassian - Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2026-21589)

PublishedOct 5, 2026
First SeenOct 7, 2026
Last Seen
Reported
CVSS9.3
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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.

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CVE-2026-21589 is a critical arbitrary file access vulnerability affecting Atlassian Data Center products, including Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Crowd, Crucible, Fisheye, Jira Service Management, and Jira Software. An unauthenticated remote attacker who knows a file’s exact name and path can access specific files within the web application’s root directory, potentially exposing sensitive information; the flaw does not allow directory listing or file enumeration.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 7th of October 2026.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2026-21589 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers target Atlassian resource-download endpoints such as /download/resources/ and /s/1/_/download/resources/, supplying resource paths containing repeated ..:: traversal sequences to read files from the application webroot. Common targets include WEB-INF/web.xml, WEB-INF/urlrewrite.xml, and potentially WEB-INF/classes/crowd.properties.

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EventDate
CVE Published2026-10-05
Rule Released2026-10-07
CrowdSec First Seen2026-10-07

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