Affected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server allow remote attackers to view restricted resources via a Pre-Authorization Arbitrary File Read vulnerability in the /s/ endpoint. The affected versions are before version 7.4.10, and from version 7.5.0 before 7.12.3.
CVE-2021-26085
Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-28), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 9.0(high)
- EPSS
- 100.0%
- KEV
- ⚠ Exploited
Published
August 3, 2021
Last Modified
October 24, 2025
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jun 13, 2026Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-26085Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(3 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-50377First seen Oct 5, 2021
Atlassian Confluence 7.12.2 - Pre-Authorization Arbitrary File Read
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCColdFusionX/CVE-2021-26085First seen Oct 5, 2021
Atlassian Confluence Server 7.5.1 Pre-Authorization Arbitrary File Read vulnerability (CVE-2021-26085)
Open source ↗ - Nucleihttp/cves/2021/CVE-2021-26085.yamlFirst seen Jan 1, 2021
Atlassian Confluence Server - Local File Inclusion
Open source ↗
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