CVE-2026-21577
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThis 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · low confidenceAffected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 9.0.1, <= 9.0.3>= 9.1.0, <= 9.1.1>= 9.2.0, <= 9.2.15>= 9.3.1, <= 9.3.2>= 9.4.0, <= 9.4.1>= 9.5.1, <= 9.5.4>= 10.0.2, <= 10.0.3>= 10.1.0, <= 10.1.2>= 10.2.0, <= 10.2.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedLatest Confluence Data Center 9.2.x (minimum 9.2.17) or 10.2.x (minimum 10.2.7)
- Identify your current Confluence Data Center version from the Confluence administration console
- If running Confluence 9.2.x, upgrade to version 9.2.17 or later (preferably the latest 9.2.x release)
- If running Confluence 10.2.x, upgrade to version 10.2.7 or later (preferably the latest 10.2.x release)
- If running any other affected version (9.0.1, 9.1.0, 9.3.1, 9.4.0, 9.5.1, 10.0.2, 10.1.0), upgrade to the latest available version
- Before upgrading, back up your Confluence database and home directory
- Follow Atlassian's standard upgrade procedure for Confluence Data Center
- After upgrade, verify the Confluence instance is running correctly
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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