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Australian software giant star Atlassian has warned of a vital security measure fault that could lead to “ meaning information loss ” for customer , just weeks after country - backed hackers targeted its product .

This late vulnerability , chase after as CVE-2023 - 22518 and rated 9.1 out of 10 on the vulnerability severity marking system , has been draw as an example of “ improper sanction vulnerability . ” Atlassian has warned that it could lead to “ significant information loss if tap by an unauthenticated aggressor . ”

The company has n’t detailed how the fault can help information going , and Atlassian spokesperson Ana Keltchina did n’t directly respond to TechCrunch ’s doubtfulness .

Atlassian noted that there were no reports of active using as of October 31 and state there is “ no impact to confidentiality as an aggressor can not exfiltrate any instance data point . ” Atlassian Cloud sites access via an atlassian.net domain are also unaffected by this exposure , Atlassian said .

The company ’s advisory included a message from Atlassian CISO Bala Sathiamurthy , who say that while the defect is not yet being actively exploit , customers must take “ prompt action ” to protect their example .

The advisory warns that all publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server versions “ are at critical risk and require immediate attention . ” Atlassian urge administrators to upgrade to a furbish up variant without hold , and say that if that is not possible , temporary palliation must be applied .

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“ example approachable to the public internet , including those with substance abuser authentication , should be trammel from external mesh access code until you may patch , ” the troupe added .

originally this month , Atlassian announced its plans toacquire TV messaging service Loom for $ 975 million . The company say it believe that Loom can be a useful collaboration tool for its platform , especially Jira and Confluence .

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