CVE record · CVE-2021-26085

Forced browsing in Atlassian Confluence Server and others

CVSS 5.3 MediumCriticalIn CISA KEV · ransomwareEPSS 1.00 · 99th percentile

Critical, because:

In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 28 Mar 2022: it is known to be exploited.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: atlassian) at 3 Aug 2021, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Atlassian	Confluence Server	affected unspecified to before 7.4.10 custom affected 7.5.0 to before unspecified custom affected unspecified to before 7.12.3 custom
Atlassian	Confluence Data Center	affected unspecified to before 7.4.10 custom affected 7.5.0 to before unspecified custom affected unspecified to before 7.12.3 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2021-26085
CNA: atlassian
Weakness (CWE): CWE-425
Tags: Atlassian Confluence Server
Atlassian Confluence Data Center
Broken access control
Published: 3 Aug 2021
Updated: 21 Oct 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
5.3	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Listed since 28 Mar 2022: known to be exploited. CISA reports use in ransomware campaigns.
EPSS 1.00, the 99th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 3 Aug 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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