CVE-2019-11581
Published 2019-08-09 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security@atlassian.com
Summary
CVE-2019-11581 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 7, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by September 7, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Atlassian has 14 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 8 of them linked to ransomware.
All 14 known-exploited Atlassian vulnerabilities →Description
There was a server-side template injection vulnerability in Jira Server and Data Center, in the ContactAdministrators and the SendBulkMail actions. An attacker is able to remotely execute code on systems that run a vulnerable version of Jira Server or Data Center. All versions of Jira Server and Data Center from 4.4.0 before 7.6.14, from 7.7.0 before 7.13.5, from 8.0.0 before 8.0.3, from 8.1.0 before 8.1.2, and from 8.2.0 before 8.2.3 are affected by this vulnerability.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Atlassian — Jira Server and Data Center
Name: Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-03-07 · Due: 2022-09-07
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

