CVE-2026-21582

Unauthenticated User Impersonation in Atlassian Crowd Data Center

Published Aug 18, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
This High severity BASM (Broken Authentication & Session Management) vulnerability known as CVE-2026-21582 was introduced in version 7.2.1 of Crowd Data Center.

This BASM (Broken Authentication & Session Management) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.8, allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform actions as another user.

Atlassian recommends that Crowd Data Center customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions:

Crowd Data Center 7.2: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 7.2.2



See the release notes (https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowd/crowd-release-notes-199094.html). You can download the latest version of Crowd Data Center from the download center (https://www.atlassian.com/software/crowd/download-archive).

This vulnerability was reported via our Penetration Testing program.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Atlassian
Atlassian crowd Data Center
Vendors & Products Atlassian
Atlassian crowd Data Center
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Title Unauthenticated User Impersonation in Atlassian Crowd Data Center
Weaknesses CWE-287
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description This High severity BASM (Broken Authentication & Session Management) vulnerability known as CVE-2026-21582 was introduced in version 7.2.1 of Crowd Data Center. This BASM (Broken Authentication & Session Management) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.8, allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform actions as another user. Atlassian recommends that Crowd Data Center customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions: Crowd Data Center 7.2: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 7.2.2 See the release notes (https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowd/crowd-release-notes-199094.html). You can download the latest version of Crowd Data Center from the download center (https://www.atlassian.com/software/crowd/download-archive). This vulnerability was reported via our Penetration Testing program.
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
atlassian
Published
Updated
Aug 20, 2026, 6:34 PM
Reserved
Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Aug 18, 2026, 10:16 PM
Modified
Oct 22, 2026, 5:09 PM