CVE-2026-21589: unauthenticated file read in eight Atlassian products
Atlassian patched CVE-2026-21589, rated 9.3 under CVSS v4.0, which lets an unauthenticated attacker read files under the web application root of Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Crowd, Crucible and Fisheye. Reading crowd.properties can expose the Crowd application password and enable admin account takeover.
- Flaw affects eight self-hosted Data Center products
- Read is limited to the app directory but needs no authentication
- crowd.properties exposure can lead to admin account takeover
- Fixed versions include Jira 11.3.12, Confluence 10.2.19, Bitbucket 10.5.1
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