High [CVE-2021-43940] Affected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center
This high-severity Atlassian advisory covers CVE-2021-43940 affecting Confluence Server.
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Summary
Affected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center allow authenticated local attackers to achieve elevated privileges on the local system via a DLL Hijacking vulnerability in the Confluence installer. This vulnerability only affects installations of Confluence Server and Data Center on Windows.
The affected versions are before version 7.4.10, and from version 7.5.0 before 7.12.3.
- 7.5.0
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
- 7.12.3
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 7.12.3. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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