CVE-2012-2926

CRITICALNVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
9.1
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • 122 internet-exposed hosts are running an affected version right now
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 67%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 67%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 122

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Atlassian JIRA before 5.0.1; Confluence before 3.5.16, 4.0 before 4.0.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.10; FishEye and Crucible before 2.5.8, 2.6 before 2.6.8, and 2.7 before 2.7.12; Bamboo before 3.3.4 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5; and Crowd before 2.0.9, 2.1 before 2.1.2, 2.2 before 2.2.9, 2.3 before 2.3.7, and 2.4 before 2.4.1 do not properly restrict the capabilities of third-party XML parsers, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Live · internet exposure

122 internet-exposed hosts are running an affected version of CVE-2012-2926 right now.

across 25 countries (United States, Germany, China, Finland, Russian Federation)top: confluence, jira
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CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(medium)
EPSS
99.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 22, 2012

Last Modified

April 29, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Apr 29, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

IBM X-Force Exchange

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75697
generic

IBM X-Force Exchange

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75682
generic

About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/49146
generic

JIRA Security Advisory 2012-05-17 | Atlassian Support | Atlassian Documentation

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
generic

FishEye and Crucible Security Advisory 2012-05-17 | Fisheye Server 4.9 | Atlassian Documentation

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/FISHEYE/FishEye+and+Crucible+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
generic

Confluence Security Advisory 2012-05-17 | Confluence Data Center 10.2 | Atlassian Documentation

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
generic

Crowd Security Advisory 2012-05-17 | Crowd Data Center 7.1 | Atlassian Documentation

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CROWD/Crowd+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
generic

Bamboo Security Advisory 2012-05-17 | Bamboo Data Center 12.1 | Atlassian Documentation

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Bamboo+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 02:19 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-10 13:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-06-01 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-05-29 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-05-29 04:30 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-05-29 04:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-37218✓ verified
    First seen May 17, 2012

    Atlassian Tempo 6.4.3 / JIRA 5.0.0 / Gliffy 3.7.0 - XML Parsing Denial of Service

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitauxiliary/scanner/http/atlassian_crowd_fileaccess✓ verified
    First seen Jan 1, 2012

    Atlassian Crowd XML Entity Expansion Remote File Access

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2012-2926?
CVE-2012-2926 is a critical vulnerability published on May 22, 2012. Atlassian JIRA before 5.0.1; Confluence before 3.5.16, 4.0 before 4.0.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.10; FishEye and Crucible before 2.5.8, 2.6 before 2.6.8, and 2.7 before 2.7.12; Bamboo before 3.3.4 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5; and Crowd before 2.0.9, 2.1 before 2.1.2, 2.2 before 2.2.9, 2.3 before 2.3.7, and…
When was CVE-2012-2926 disclosed?
CVE-2012-2926 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 22, 2012, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2012-2926 actively exploited?
CVE-2012-2926 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-2926?
CVE-2012-2926 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2012-2926?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-2926, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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