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CVE-2024-21672

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  • Published2024-01-16
  • Fixed in8.7.2 · 8.5.5 · 7.19.18
  • WeaknessCWE-94

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Description

This High severity Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability was introduced in version 2.1.0 of Confluence Data Center and Server. Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.3 and a CVSS Vector of CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely expose assets in your environment susceptible to exploitation which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires user interaction. Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center and Server 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 and Server 7.19: Upgrade to a release 7.19.18, or any higher 7.19.x release * Confluence Data Center and Server 8.5: Upgrade to a release 8.5.5 or any higher 8.5.x release * Confluence Data Center and Server 8.7: Upgrade to a release 8.7.2 or any higher release See the release notes (https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html ). You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center and Server from the download center (https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives).

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-01-1605:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Atlassian Confluence
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.7≥ 8.7.0, < 8.7.28.7.2
8.5≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.58.5.5
7.19≥ 7.19.0, < 7.19.187.19.18
Atlassian Confluence
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.5≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.58.5.5
7.19≥ 7.19, < 7.19.187.19.18
8.7≥ 8.7.0, ≤ 8.7.2no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Atlassian Confluence to 8.7.2 · 8.5.5 · 7.19.18

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-05-08
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
  • CNACVSS 3.08.3read 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-942025-05-08
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-94read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.4 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2024-01-16
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-21672?

This High severity Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability was introduced in version 2.1.0 of Confluence Data Center and Server. Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.3 and a CVSS Vector of CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely expose assets in your environment susceptible to exploitation which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires user interaction. Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center and Server 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 and Server 7.19: Upgrade to a release 7.19.18, or any higher 7.19.x release * Confluence Data Center and Server 8.5: Upgrade to a release 8.5.5 or any higher 8.5.x release * Confluence Data Center and Server 8.7: Upgrade to a release 8.7.2 or any higher release See the release notes (https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html ). You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center and Server from the download center (https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives).

Is CVE-2024-21672 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-21672 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.4% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-21672?

CVE-2024-21672 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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