CVE-2026-21588

High

Description

This High severity DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability was introduced in versions 8.9.0, 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 9.2.24 Confluence Data Center 10.2: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 10.2.17 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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductConfluence Data Center
PublishedSep 15, 2026
First seenSep 15, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Atlassian Confluence Data Center10.2.0 to 10.2.15, 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, 9.2.0 to 9.2.23, 9.1.0 to 9.1.1, 8.9.7 to 8.9.8—

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