Atlassian Confluence 8.9.x < 9.2.24 / 9.3.x < 10.2.17 (CONFSERVER-104434)
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"The remote Atlassian Confluence host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Atlassian Confluence Server running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the CONFSERVER-104434 advisory.
- In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name and URI.
This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-
FJA) before bc-fips 1.0.2.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series). (CVE-2026-8763)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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