Bolded text in the Environment field displays with HTML tags in Confluence

Summary

When text is bolded in the Environment field of a JIRA issue, and then displayed in Confluence via the JIRA Issue filter, the text is not bold and instead displays HTML tags:
<p><b>Bolded Text</b></p>

Environment

• Confluence 5.9.4

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create an Application Link between JIRA and Confluence
2. Create an Issue in JIRA
3. Add the Environment Field
4. Add bolded text to the Environment Field
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5. Go to Confluence and use the JIRA macro to display the issue
6. Edit the Display options in the macros to use Table
7. Add customized tags to the Columns to display field, and include the Environment tag
8. Select Insert
9. Save page

Expected Results

Environment field's text is displayed in bold, normally, without any HTML tags.

Actual Results

Notes

1. Tested with the description field and did not experience an issue.
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2. Tested with 5.8.18 and did not experience this issue.
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Issue also occurs when using Confluence 5.9.4 and JIRA 7.0.9.
Also tested with Confluence 5.9.2 and received the same error.

Workaround

There is no workaround at this time.