CVE-2026-21588

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 15, 2026 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: September 16, 2026 at 07:24 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorConfluence Data Center

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

10.0.2 ≤ v ≤ 10.0.310.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.1.210.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.2.158.9.7 ≤ v ≤ 8.9.89.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.1.19.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.2.239.3.1 ≤ v ≤ 9.3.29.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.4.19.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 9.5.49.2.109.2.119.2.129.2.139.2.149.2.159.2.169.2.179.2.189.2.199.2.29.2.209.2.219.2.229.2.239.2.39.2.49.2.59.2.69.2.79.2.89.2.99.4.1
Vendor states this is fixed in 10.2.17 to 10.2.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9.2.24 to 9.2.25 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.1HIGHatlassian
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-400

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