Medium severity · published Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-21577
This High severity DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability was introduced in versions 9.0.1, 9.1.0, 9.2.0, 9.3.1, 9.4.0, 9.5.1, 10.0.2, 10.1.0 and 10.2.0 of Confluence Data Center
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
This High severity DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability was introduced in versions 9.0.1, 9.1.0, 9.2.0, 9.3.1, 9.4.0, 9.5.1, 10.0.2, 10.1.0 and 10.2.0 of Confluence Data Center.
This DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.1, allows an authenticated attacker to cause a resource to be unavailable for its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network.
Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions:
Confluence Data Center 9.2: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 9.2.17
Confluence Data Center 10.2: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.2.7
See the release notes ([https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html]). You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center from the download center ([https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives]).
This vulnerability was reported via our Penetration Testing program.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Confluence · Atlassian
10.2.0 to 10.2.6; 10.1.0 to 10.1.2; 10.0.2 to 10.0.3; 9.5.1 to 9.5.4; 9.4.0 to 9.4.1; 9.3.1 to 9.3.2; +3 more · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21577
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-21577
Vendor Advisory
https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1821999345
Issue Tracking
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-104334
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