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 2.7.12; 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.1 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H- EPSS score
- 66.3% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2905)
- Published
- May 22, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2905 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- atlassian / bamboo
- atlassian / confluence
- atlassian / confluence server
- atlassian / crowd
- atlassian / crucible
- atlassian / fisheye
- atlassian / jira
References
- http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Bamboo+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CROWD/Crowd+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/FISHEYE/FishEye+and+Crucible+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/81993(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49146(Not Applicable)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53595(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75682(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75697(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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