# CVE-2024-21689: Code injection in Bamboo Data Center > An authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code on Atlassian Bamboo servers, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability. - **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** An administrator - **Attackable:** Over the internet - **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something - **Fix available:** No - **Published:** 20 Aug 2024 - **Updated:** 13 Mar 2025 - **Also known as:** GHSA-h63c-4f8g-75qg ## What is CVE-2024-21689? CVE-2024-21689 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Atlassian Bamboo Data Center, published on 20 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link. ### Official description This High severity RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability CVE-2024-21689  was introduced in versions 9.1.0, 9.2.0, 9.3.0, 9.4.0, 9.5.0, and 9.6.0 of Bamboo Data Center and Server. This RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.6, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires user interaction. Atlassian recommends that Bamboo Data Center and Server customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions: Bamboo Data Center and Server 9.2: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 9.2.17 Bamboo Data Center and Server 9.6: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 9.6.5 See the release notes ([https://confluence.atlassian.com/bambooreleases/bamboo-release-notes-1189793869.html]). You can download the latest version of Bamboo Data Center and Server from the download center ([https://www.atlassian.com/software/bamboo/download-archives]). This vulnerability was reported via our Bug Bounty program. Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21689? It affects 1 product. Products: Atlassian Bamboo. ## How do I fix CVE-2024-21689? No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21689 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. ## Is CVE-2024-21689 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21689 in the wild and no public exploit code. Public exploit code: - CVE-2024–21689 RCE Bamboo Data Center and Server Atlassian POC (github_poc): https://github.com/salvadornakamura/CVE-2024-21689 ## Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Bamboo Data Center - [CVE-2026-21589](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21589/): Atlassian Multiple Products Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-26136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26136/): Auth bypass in Bamboo Data Center (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2016-5229](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5229/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2014-9757](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9757/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2015-8360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8360/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2024-21689 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2024-21689 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Atlassian Bamboo Data Center, published on 20 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21689 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Atlassian Bamboo Data Center. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21689/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21689/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21689 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21689 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21689 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21689/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.