CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2021-26075 — Atlassian Data Center security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 4.3

The Jira importers plugin AttachTemporaryFile rest resource in Jira Server and Data Center before version 8.5.12, from version 8.6.0 before 8.13.4, and from version 8.14.0 before 8.15.1 allowed remote authenticated attackers to obtain the full path of the Jira application data directory via an information disclosure vulnerability in the error message when presented with an invalid filename.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.3 (3.1)
Published
2021-04-15
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application

Affected products

  • atlassian / data_center
  • atlassian / jira
  • atlassian / jira_data_center
  • atlassian / jira_server

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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