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Atlassian Patches RCE Flaw in Confluence Data Center and Server - 20240523004

Overview

Atlassian has released a security announcement for a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Confluence Data Center and Server. This vulnerability allows authenicated attackers to perform RCE by sending malicious requests.

What is vulnerable?

CVE Severity CVSS Product(s) Affected Summary Dated
CVE-2024-21683 High N.A Versions: 5.2, 7.19.0, 7.20.0, 8.0.0, 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.3.0, 8.4.0, 8.5.0, 8.6.0, 8.8.0, 8.7.1, 8.9.0 This RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.3, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires no user interaction. 21-05-2024

Recommendation

The WA SOC recommends administrators apply the solutions as per vendor instructions to all affected devices within expected timeframe of 2 weeks... (refer Patch Management):

  • Confluence Data Center

Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center customers upgrade to the latest version. If you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions:

Affected versions Fixed versions
8.9.0 8.9.1
from 8.8.0 to 8.8.1 8.9.1
from 8.7.0 to 8.7.2 8.9.1
from 8.6.0 to 8.6.2 8.9.1
from 8.5.0 to 8.5.8 LTS 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 8.4.0 to 8.4.5 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 8.3.0 to 8.3.4 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 8.2.0 to 8.2.3 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 8.1.0 to 8.1.4 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 8.0.0 to 8.0.4 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 7.20.0 to 7.20.3 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 7.19.0 to 7.19.21 LTS 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
from 7.18.0 to 7.18.3 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
from 7.17.0 to 7.17.5 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
Any earlier versions 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
  • Confluence Server

Atlassian recommends that Confluence Server customers upgrade to the latest version. If you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions:

Affected versions Fixed versions
from 8.5.0 to 8.5.8 LTS 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 8.4.0 to 8.4.5 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 8.3.0 to 8.3.4 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 8.2.0 to 8.2.3 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 8.1.0 to 8.1.4 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 8.0.0 to 8.0.4 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 7.20.0 to 7.20.3 8.5.9 LTS recommended
from 7.19.0 to 7.19.21 LTS 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
from 7.18.0 to 7.18.3 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
from 7.17.0 to 7.17.5 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
Any earlier versions 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
from 7.19.0 to 7.19.21 LTS 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
from 7.18.0 to 7.18.3 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
from 7.17.0 to 7.17.5 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS
Any earlier versions 8.9.1 or 8.5.9 LTS recommended or 7.19.22 LTS

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