Adobe ColdFusion: Incorrect authorization allowing arbitrary code execution
Summary
Adobe ColdFusion versions 2023 up to 2023.0.25 and 2025 up to 2025.0.13 contain an Incorrect Authorization flaw (CWE-863). An attacker with local access and a low-privileged ColdFusion account can execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. The scope is changed, so the impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component, and no user interaction is required. Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild.
Affected
- Adobe ColdFusion 2025: 0 to 2025.0.13
- Adobe ColdFusion 2023: 0 to 2023.0.25
Fixed in
- Adobe ColdFusion 2025: 2025.0.14 (Update 14)
- Adobe ColdFusion 2023: 2023.0.26 (Update 26)
Workaround
Unknown. No vendor-published workaround was found. Applying the update is the fix.
Exploitation
- Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild.
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none, not automatable, total technical impact.
- Public proof of concept: none known.
Our recommendation
- Inventory all ColdFusion 2023 and 2025 instances, especially those reachable from the internet.
- Patch to 2025 Update 14 or 2023 Update 26 as a priority. Adobe classifies these deployment updates as Priority 1.
- Review ColdFusion accounts, especially low-privileged ones, and restrict Administrator and package management permissions.
- Verify the CWE and CVSS entries for this CVE on the live Adobe bulletin, because the bulletin text lists this CVE twice with different details.
- Patch the other network-reachable issues in the same bulletin at the same time.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-144 www.adobe.com
- Adobe ColdFusion 2025 updates guides.adobe.com
- Adobe ColdFusion 2023 updates guides.adobe.com
- Tenable Nessus plugin 366551 (ColdFusion update check) www.tenable.com
- Zero Day Initiative: October 2026 security update review www.zerodayinitiative.com
- BlackTree: Adobe October 2026 security fixes blacktree.nl
- YAAM Labs: Adobe ColdFusion October 2026 patches yaamlabs.com
- Offseq Radar: CVE-2026-106089 radar.offseq.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 31 Oct 2026, 17:11.
Original description (NVD)
ColdFusion is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
NVD references (1)
Sources
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- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
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