# CVE-2019-11580: Atlassian Crowd and Crowd Data Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

> CVE-2019-11580: Atlassian Crowd and Crowd Data Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-11580
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:35Z

- Published: 2019-06-03 13:43 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45 UTC · Assigner: atlassian
- CVSS: 9.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 95.4%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Known

## Description

Atlassian Crowd and Crowd Data Center had the pdkinstall development plugin incorrectly enabled in release builds. Attackers who can send unauthenticated or authenticated requests to a Crowd or Crowd Data Center instance can exploit this vulnerability to install arbitrary plugins, which permits remote code execution on systems running a vulnerable version of Crowd or Crowd Data Center. All versions of Crowd from version 2.1.0 before 3.0.5 (the fixed version for 3.0.x), from version 3.1.0 before 3.1.6 (the fixed version for 3.1.x), from version 3.2.0 before 3.2.8 (the fixed version for 3.2.x), from version 3.3.0 before 3.3.5 (the fixed version for 3.3.x), and from version 3.4.0 before 3.4.4 (the fixed version for 3.4.x) are affected by this vulnerability.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Atlassian: Crowd

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11580)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11580)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163810/Atlassian-Crowd-pdkinstall-Remote-Code-Execution.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163810/Atlassian-Crowd-pdkinstall-Remote-Code-Execution.html)
- [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-5388](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-5388)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108637](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108637)

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