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.
CVE-2026-21589
CVSS base score
7.5 (v3.1)
Severity
HIGH
Attack vector
Network
Weakness
CWE-552
Last modified
October 29, 2026
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
atlassian bitbucket data center
atlassian bitbucket server
atlassian confluence data center
atlassian crowd
atlassian jira data center
atlassian jira service desk
atlassian jira service management
atlassian bamboo
atlassian crucible
atlassian fisheye
References
- jira.atlassian.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- jira.atlassian.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- jira.atlassian.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- jira.atlassian.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- jira.atlassian.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- jira.atlassian.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- jira.atlassian.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- jira.atlassian.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- github.com Third Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov US Government Resource