Number: AV19-143
Date: 11 July 2019
On 10 July 2019 Atlassian Confluence released a security advisory to address a critical vulnerability affecting multiple Jira Server and Jira Data Center products. In some configurations, a remote actor could exploit the vulnerability, currently tracked as CVE-2019-11581, to remotely execute code on systems without authentication.
The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the Atlassian Confluence Security Advisories webpage and apply the necessary updates:
https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/jira-security-advisory-2019-07-10-973486595.html
Note to Readers
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