This High severity Improper Authorization vulnerability was introduced in version 11.3.0 of Jira Service Management Data Center. This Improper Authorization vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.1, allows an authenticated attacker to gain unintended access and can lead to the exposure of resources or functionality, possibly providing attackers with sensitive information or even execute arbitrary code. Atlassian recommends that Jira Service Management 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: * Jira Service Management Data Center 11.3: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 11.3.11 See the release notes (https://confluence.atlassian.com/servicemanagement/jira-service-management-release-notes-780083086.html). You can download the latest version of Jira Service Management Data Center from the download center (https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/service-management/download-archives). This vulnerability was reported via our Penetration Testing program.
CVE-2026-21587
This high-severity CVE scores 7.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 74% 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).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.1
- EG Score
- 7.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- 32(Track)EG Risk 32/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity71% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 26%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 15, 2026
Last Modified
September 17, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Sep 15, 2026Security Bulletin - September 15 2026 | Atlassian Support | Atlassian Documentation
https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1822852209Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-21587(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 30× in last 7d / 30× 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.
- 2026-09-20 09:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-19 21:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-19 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-19 10:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 22:51 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 22:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 11:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-17 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 12:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-17 12:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 12:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-17 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 06:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 19:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 15:51 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 15:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 04:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 21:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 21:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 20:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 20:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-15 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 17:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 17:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 17:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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