Atlassian Confluence 9.1.0 < 9.2.20 / 9.3.1 < 10.2.11 (CONFSERVER-103709)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 316794

Synopsis

The remote Atlassian Confluence host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of Atlassian Confluence Server running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CONFSERVER-103709 advisory.

- This BASM (Broken Authentication & Session Management) vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform actions as another user which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, no impact to availability, and requires no user interaction. (CVE-2026-29145)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian Confluence version 9.2.20, 10.2.11 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-103709

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 316794

File Name: confluence_confserver-103709.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/26/2026

Updated: 5/26/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-29145

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:confluence

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Atlassian Confluence

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-29145

IAVA: 2026-A-0497