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

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2022-03-07. EPSS: 84.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • Atlassian Jira Server: from 4.4, before 7.6.14 (fixed in 7.6.14); from 7.7.0, before 7.13.5 (fixed in 7.13.5); from 8.0.0, before 8.0.3 (fixed in 8.0.3); from 8.1.0, before 8.1.2 (fixed in 8.1.2); from 8.2.0, before 8.2.3 (fixed in 8.2.3)

Published 2019-08-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.