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CVE-2019-11581: Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Server-Side

Critical CVSS 9.8 CISA KEV

Remediation summary

Recommended action
Apply the vendor-fixed releases: Atlassian identifies 7.6.14, 7.13.5, 8.0.3, 8.1.2, and 8.2.3 as fixed releases.
Affected evidence
1 source affected-product statement
Priority
Known exploited (CISA KEV); Critical severity; CVSS 9.8
Evidence checked

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What is CVE-2019-11581?

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.

CVE
CVE-2019-11581
Source title
Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability
Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE published
2019-08-09
Source updated
2026-06-17T02:13:12Z
Catalog checked
2026-08-24T07:01:48Z
CISA KEV
Known exploited
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-74
CNA / source
security@atlassian.com
Record status
Analyzed
Catalog quality
metadata-backed

Known exploitation and required action

CISA lists CVE-2019-11581 in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Treat this as direct exploitation evidence when prioritizing the change.

CISA entry
Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability
Vendor / project
Atlassian
Product
Jira Server and Data Center
Date added
2022-03-07
CISA due date
2022-09-07
Known ransomware use
Unknown

CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Affected products and version ranges

  • Atlassian / Jira Server and Data Center
    • Affected: versions 4.4.0 up to but not including unspecified (custom).
    • Affected: versions unspecified up to but not including 7.6.14 (custom).
    • Affected: versions 7.7.0 up to but not including unspecified (custom).
    • Affected: versions unspecified up to but not including 7.13.5 (custom).
    • Affected: versions 8.0.0 up to but not including unspecified (custom).
    • Affected: versions unspecified up to but not including 8.0.3 (custom).
    • Affected: versions 8.1.0 up to but not including unspecified (custom).
    • Affected: versions unspecified up to but not including 8.1.2 (custom).
    • Affected: versions 8.2.0 up to but not including unspecified (custom).
    • Affected: versions unspecified up to but not including 8.2.3 (custom).
    • Affected-status source: security@atlassian.com.

AI-assisted evidence synthesis

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Business risk

Critical remote-code-execution risk in Jira Server and Data Center. The vulnerability is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, so affected deployments should be prioritized for immediate remediation.

Source-specific exposure conditions

  • The vulnerable functionality is in the ContactAdministrators and SendBulkMail actions.
  • Exploitation requires either a configured SMTP server with the Contact Administrators Form enabled, or a configured SMTP server combined with attacker access to the JIRA Administrators group.
  • When the Contact Administrators Form is enabled, exploitation may be unauthenticated; otherwise, JIRA Administrators access is required.

Source-specific remediation

  • Upgrade Jira Server or Data Center to a vendor-fixed release on the applicable maintenance branch: 7.6.14, 7.13.5, 8.0.3, 8.1.2, or 8.2.3.
  • If the deployment cannot be upgraded immediately, prioritize systems meeting the documented SMTP, Contact Administrators Form, or JIRA Administrators access conditions for isolation and accelerated patching.
  • Follow Atlassian's product update guidance and validate the upgrade through the organization's normal change-management process.

Source-specific verification

  • Identify the installed Jira Server or Data Center version using the organization's approved administrative inventory or product-management process.
  • Confirm that the installed version is at or above the applicable fixed release: 7.6.14, 7.13.5, 8.0.3, 8.1.2, or 8.2.3.
  • Confirm that the deployed version is not within any affected range: 4.4.0–before 7.6.14, 7.7.0–before 7.13.5, 8.0.0–before 8.0.3, 8.1.0–before 8.1.2, or 8.2.0–before 8.2.3.
  • Record the installed version and corresponding vendor-fixed branch as evidence of remediation; do not perform exploit testing against production systems.

Uncertainty and evidence gaps

  • The supplied record and authoritative references establish affected ranges, exposure prerequisites, fixed versions, and version-based verification, but do not establish whether a particular deployment has SMTP configured, whether the Contact Administrators Form is enabled, or whether an attacker can reach the instance.
  • The authoritative sources do not provide a non-invasive runtime check for confirming that the vulnerable actions are no longer exploitable; version comparison is the supported safe verification basis.
  • The source describes the product as Jira Server and Data Center; applicability to other Atlassian products is not established.

Claim-to-source evidence

  • Affected Product: CVE-2019-11581 affects Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center. Evidence
  • Affected Version: Affected versions are 4.4.0 before 7.6.14, 7.7.0 before 7.13.5, 8.0.0 before 8.0.3, 8.1.0 before 8.1.2, and 8.2.0 before 8.2.3. Evidence
  • Exposure: Exploitation requires a configured SMTP server and either an enabled Contact Administrators Form or JIRA Administrators access; the enabled form condition permits unauthenticated exploitation. Evidence
  • Fixed Version: Atlassian identifies 7.6.14, 7.13.5, 8.0.3, 8.1.2, and 8.2.3 as fixed releases. Evidence
  • Remediation: The vendor remediation is to apply the released fixed Jira Server or Jira Data Center versions. Evidence
  • Verification: Safe verification can be based on confirming the installed product version is at or above the applicable vendor-fixed release and outside the affected ranges. Evidence

Synthesis sources

Generation provenance

Model
gpt-5.6-luna
Generated
2026-08-02T10:58:40Z
Prompt version
2026-07-14.2
Specificity
specific
Source fingerprint
3e76d860ab69433bd296314c442b4ab48d65b82ac7dd374dbee17e022a252c95

Recorded gaps

  • generic_ecosystem

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Matched pattern: Command, code, expression, and template injection

How to check exposure for CVE-2019-11581

  • Trace untrusted values to process execution, interpreters, evaluators, template engines, dynamic imports, and administrative scripting features.
  • Determine whether the affected path is reachable across each trust boundary and which service account or host privilege it inherits.

Temporary containment

  • Disable the affected execution or templating feature, or restrict it to authenticated administrative networks and identities.

How to remediate CVE-2019-11581

  • Replace string-built commands or evaluated code with fixed operations and structured argument APIs that do not invoke a shell.
  • Use strict allowlists for operation identifiers and reject unexpected input before it reaches any interpreter.

How to verify the remediation

  • Confirm untrusted input is handled only as data and cannot select an executable, expression, template, or argument boundary.
  • Run static data-flow checks and focused tests with harmless sentinel strings; verify no child process or evaluator is invoked.

Rollback

  • Restore the pre-change execution, template, dependency, configuration, sandbox, and test files from the captured workspace state.

Stop and triage conditions

  • Stop if a proposed fix still concatenates untrusted data into an execution or evaluation string.
  • Switch to incident response if unexpected commands, processes, files, or outbound connections are observed.

Required output

Return a reviewer-ready minimal patch with exposure evidence, authoritative fixed-version evidence, regression tests, deployed-artifact verification, rollback notes, and source links; otherwise return TRIAGE.md with the blocking decision and owner.

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References and evidence

Cite this CVE record

Security Recipes. “CVE-2019-11581: Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Server-Side” Last updated . Canonical URL: https://security-recipes.ai/cve/CVE-2019-11581/.

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