CVE-2026-21582

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 68% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

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.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
32%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 18, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin - August 18 2026 | Atlassian Support | Atlassian Documentation

https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1821999768

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-21582(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 19× 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. 2026-08-21 07:17 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 18:32 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-20 18:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 16:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 04:20 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-20 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-20 04:08 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-20 04:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-19 22:23 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-19 22:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-19 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-18 22:23 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-18 22:04 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-18 22:04 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-21582?
CVE-2026-21582 is a high vulnerability published on August 18, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-21582 disclosed?
CVE-2026-21582 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 18, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-21582 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-21582 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 67.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-21582?
CVE-2026-21582 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-21582?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-21582, 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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