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Public Security Vulnerability
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Resolution: Fixed
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High
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1.0.1, 7.13.0, 7.19.0, 7.20.0, 8.0.0, 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.3.0, 8.4.0, 8.5.0, 8.6.0, 8.7.1
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None
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7.5
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High
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CVE-2023-41835
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Atlassian (Internal)
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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DoS (Denial of Service)
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Confluence Data Center, Confluence Server
This High severity org.apache.struts:struts2-core Dependency vulnerability was introduced in versions 1.0.1 of Confluence Data Center and Server.
This org.apache.struts:struts2-core Dependency vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.5 and a CVSS Vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H allows an unauthenticated attacker to expose assets in your environment susceptible to exploitation which has no impact to confidentiality, no impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires no user interaction.
Data Center
Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center customers upgrade to the latest version. If you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions:
| Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|
| from 8.7.0 to 8.7.1 | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.7.2 |
| from 8.6.0 to 8.6.1 | 8.8.0 recommended |
| from 8.5.0 to 8.5.4 LTS | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.5 LTS or 8.5.6 LTS |
| from 8.4.0 to 8.4.5 | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.6 LTS |
| from 8.3.0 to 8.3.4 | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.6 LTS |
| from 8.2.0 to 8.2.3 | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.6 LTS |
| from 8.1.0 to 8.1.4 | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.6 LTS |
| from 8.0.0 to 8.0.4 | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.6 LTS |
| from 7.20.0 to 7.20.3 | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.6 LTS |
| from 7.19.0 to 7.19.17 LTS | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.6 LTS or 7.19.18 LTS or 7.19.19 LTS |
| from 7.18.0 to 7.18.3 | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.6 LTS or 7.19.19 LTS |
| from 7.17.0 to 7.17.5 | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.6 LTS or 7.19.19 LTS |
| Any earlier versions | 8.8.0 recommended or 8.5.6 LTS or 7.19.19 LTS |
Server
Atlassian recommends that Confluence Server customers upgrade to the latest 8.5.x LTS version. If you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions:
| Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|
| from 8.5.0 to 8.5.4 LTS | 8.5.6 LTS recommended or 8.5.5 LTS |
| from 8.4.0 to 8.4.5 | 8.5.6 LTS recommended |
| from 8.3.0 to 8.3.4 | 8.5.6 LTS recommended |
| from 8.2.0 to 8.2.3 | 8.5.6 LTS recommended |
| from 8.1.0 to 8.1.4 | 8.5.6 LTS recommended |
| from 8.0.0 to 8.0.4 | 8.5.6 LTS recommended |
| from 7.20.0 to 7.20.3 | 8.5.6 LTS recommended |
| from 7.19.0 to 7.19.17 LTS | 8.5.6 LTS recommended or 7.19.18 LTS or 7.19.19 LTS |
| from 7.18.0 to 7.18.3 | 8.5.6 LTS recommended or 7.19.19 LTS |
| from 7.17.0 to 7.17.5 | 8.5.6 LTS recommended or 7.19.19 LTS |
| Any earlier versions | 8.5.6 LTS recommended or 7.19.19 LTS |
See the release notes (https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html). You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center and Server from the download center (https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives).
The National Vulnerability Database provides the following description for this vulnerability: When a Multipart request is performed but some of the fields exceed the maxStringLength limit, the upload files will remain in struts.multipart.saveDir even if the request has been denied.
Users are recommended to upgrade to versions Struts 2.5.32 or 6.1.2.2 or Struts 6.3.0.1 or greater, which fixed this issue.