{
  "crds_version": "0.1",
  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2021-26086",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Atlassian Jira — Path Traversal File Read in Web Descriptor Endpoint",
  "summary": "Affected Jira Server and Data Center releases let an unauthenticated attacker read particular files off the server through a path traversal in one of the application's web endpoints. Reading only — but the deployment descriptor is one of the files.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss": {
    "score": 5.3,
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
    "version": "3.1"
  },
  "epss": 0.99999,
  "exploitation": {
    "known_exploited": true,
    "exploit_available": true,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2024-11-12",
    "prerequisites": "Network access to a Jira Server or Data Center instance in an affected version range. No credentials needed."
  },
  "remediation": {
    "patch_available": true,
    "fixed_in": [
      "Jira 8.5.14",
      "Jira 8.13.6",
      "Jira 8.16.1"
    ]
  },
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1190"
  ],
  "kill_chain": "initial_access",
  "recommended_action": "Upgrade Jira Server or Data Center to 8.5.14, 8.13.6 or 8.16.1; treat anything the web process could read on an exposed instance as disclosed.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "provenance": [
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      ],
      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26086",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-07T07:53:55.549Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "claude-code"
    },
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      "source": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
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      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "claude-code"
    },
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      "source": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-26086",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-07T07:53:55.549Z",
      "confidence": "high",
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    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "cve",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26086",
      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-72695",
      "label": "Atlassian issue JRASERVER-72695"
    },
    {
      "type": "exploit",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164405/Atlassian-Jira-Server-Data-Center-8.4.0-File-Read.html",
      "label": "Public file-read exploit"
    },
    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-26086",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities entry"
    }
  ],
  "published_at": "2021-08-16T01:15:06.353Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-08-07T07:53:55.549Z",
  "tags": [
    "atlassian",
    "jira",
    "path-traversal",
    "information-disclosure",
    "kev"
  ]
}