CVE-2012-2926 is a critical vulnerability affecting multiple Atlassian products, including JIRA, Confluence, FishEye, Crucible, Bamboo, and Crowd. It stems from improper restriction of third-party XML parser capabilities, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service through resource exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and does not require user interaction, enabling high impact on confidentiality and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code exists in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bamboo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.4, < 3.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bamboo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.5.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0, < 4.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.1, < 4.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.