Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2012-2926

Atlassian JIRA before 5.0.1; Confluence before 3.5.16, 4.0 before 4.0.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.10; FishEye and Crucible before 2.5.8, 2.6 before 2.6.8, and 2.7 before 2.7…

Published May 22, 2012 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · the affected product

Last checked Nov 4, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check this week

CVE-2012-2926 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 66.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Gaps on this record

  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Critical9.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
66.26%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe atlassian/bamboo · cpe atlassian/confluence · cpe atlassian/confluence server · cpe atlassian/crowd

Atlassian JIRA before 5.0.1; Confluence before 3.5.16, 4.0 before 4.0.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.10; FishEye and Crucible before 2.5.8, 2.6 before 2.6.8, and 2.7 before 2.7.12; Bamboo before 3.3.4 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5; and Crowd before 2.0.9, 2.1 before 2.1.2, 2.2 before 2.2.9, 2.3 before 2.3.7, and 2.4 before 2.4.1 do not properly restrict the capabilities of third-party XML parsers, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • cpe atlassian/bamboo< 3.3.4
  • cpe atlassian/bamboo< 3.4.5
  • cpe atlassian/confluence< 3.5.16
  • cpe atlassian/confluence server< 4.0.7
  • cpe atlassian/confluence server< 4.1.10
  • cpe atlassian/crowd< 2.0.9

How to fix CVE-2012-2926

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2012-2926 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 66.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with atlassian/confluence server < 4.0.7; atlassian/confluence server < 4.1.10. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 66.26%. There is no CISA KEV listing. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 22, 2012 · Monitored products — critical

    Detected

    Atlassian JIRA before 5.0.1; Confluence before 3.5.16, 4.0 before 4.0.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.10; FishEye and Crucible before 2.5.8, 2.6 before 2.6.8, and 2.7 before 2.7.12; Bamboo before 3.3.4 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5; and Crowd before 2.0.9, 2.1 before 2.1.2, 2.2 before 2.2.9, 2.3 before 2.3.7, and 2.4 before 2.4.1 do not properly restrict the capabilities of third-party XML parsers, which allows re

  2. Jun 16, 2026 · Monitored products — critical

    Updated

    Atlassian JIRA before 5.0.1; Confluence before 3.5.16, 4.0 before 4.0.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.10; FishEye and Crucible before 2.5.8, 2.6 before 2.6.8, and 2.7 before 2.7.12; Bamboo before 3.3.4 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5; and Crowd before 2.0.9, 2.1 before 2.1.2, 2.2 before 2.2.9, 2.3 before 2.3.7, and 2.4 before 2.4.1 do not properly restrict the capabilities of third-party XML parsers, which allows re

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2012-2926

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • Monitored products — criticalVendor advisoryCVE-2012-2926

    Atlassian JIRA before 5.0.1; Confluence before 3.5.16, 4.0 before 4.0.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.10; FishEye and Crucible before 2.5.8, 2.6 before 2.6.8, and 2.7 before 2.7.12; Bamboo before 3.3.4 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5; and Crowd before 2.0.9, 2.1 before 2.1.2, 2.2 before 2.2.9, 2.3 before 2.3.7, and 2.4 before 2.4.1 do not properly restrict the capabilities of third-party XML parsers, which allows re

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_scanner/http/atlassian_crowd_fileaccess

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 3, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • Metasploit ModulesNov 4, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
  • Monitored products — criticalNov 3, 2026