Adobe ColdFusion: Improper Input Validation enables code execution
Summary
Adobe ColdFusion 2025 up to and including 2025.0.13 and 2023 up to and including 2023.0.25 are affected. According to the CNA record, an attacker with low privileges can exploit improper input validation over the network without user interaction to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Adobe's bulletin lists this CVE ID with different data (CWE-918, CVSS 7.1, high complexity), so the exact conditions need confirmation.
Affected
- Adobe ColdFusion 2025: 0 to 2025.0.13
- Adobe ColdFusion 2023: 0 to 2023.0.25
- Platform: All
Fixed in
- Adobe ColdFusion 2025: 2025.0.14 (APSB26-144, October 13, 2026)
- Adobe ColdFusion 2023: 2023.0.26 (APSB26-144, October 13, 2026)
Workaround
- Unknown. No CVE-specific workaround is documented; patching is the only documented fix.
- A Check Point IPS protection references this flaw under a different ID; its coverage of this CVE is unverified.
Exploitation
- Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for the issues in APSB26-144.
- No public proof of concept found: Unknown.
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none, automatable no, technical impact total.
Our recommendation
- Patch all ColdFusion 2025 and 2023 instances to 2025.0.14 or 2023.0.26 (or later) as a priority.
- Check whether any instance, including administrator interfaces, is reachable from the internet.
- Verify the CVE mapping, CWE and CVSS score with Adobe or NVD before using them in reports; the sources disagree.
- Review the full APSB26-144 bulletin, since other issues in it are rated critical.
- Update the JDK/JRE and MySQL Connector as recommended by Adobe.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-144 www.adobe.com
- OffSeq threat radar: CVE-2026-106613 radar.offseq.com
- Strix: CVE-2026-106613 www.strix.ai
- Blacktree: Adobe October 2026 security fixes blacktree.nl
- HKCERT: Adobe monthly security update October 2026 www.hkcert.org
- Check Point advisory CPAI-2026-14622 advisories.checkpoint.com
- Zero Day Initiative: October 2026 security update review www.zerodayinitiative.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, 17:12.
Original description (NVD)
ColdFusion is affected by an Improper Input Validation 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.
NVD references (1)
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- 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)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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