Adobe Security Bulletin

Last updated on Jul 14, 2026

Security updates available for Adobe ColdFusion | APSB26-82

Bulletin ID

Date published

Priority

APSB26-82

July 14, 2026

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Summary

Adobe has released security updates for ColdFusion versions 2025 and 2023. These updates resolve critical, important, and moderate vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, arbitrary file system read, and security feature bypass.

Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for any of the issues addressed in these updates.

Affected Versions

Product

Update number

Platform

ColdFusion 2025

Update 10 and earlier versions

All

ColdFusion 2023

Update 21 and earlier versions

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Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their installations to the newest versions:

Product

Updated version

Platform

Priority rating

Availability

ColdFusion 2025

Update 11

All

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Tech Note

ColdFusion 2023

Update 22

All

1

Tech Note

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Note

For security reasons, we strongly recommend to use latest mysql java connector. For more information on its usage, please refer to: https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/coldfusion-configuring-mysql-jdbc.html

See the updated serial filter documentation for more details on protection against insecure deserialization attacks: https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/coldfusion-serialfilter-file.html

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Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability category

Vulnerability impact

Severity

CVSS base score

CVSS vector

CVE number

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

9.9

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-48318

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') (CWE-94)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

9.6

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE-2026-48322

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

9.6

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-48284

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

Privilege escalation

Critical

9.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE-2026-48321

Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

9.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE-2026-48325

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

9.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-48319

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CWE-89)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

9.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-48324

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

9.0

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-48327

Cross-site Scripting (Reflected XSS) (CWE-79)

Privilege escalation

Critical

8.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE-2026-48320

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Security feature bypass

Critical

7.7

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2026-48328

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918)

Security feature bypass

Critical

7.7

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2026-48332

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

Arbitrary file system read

Critical

6.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2026-48338

Insufficient Session Expiration (CWE-613)

Security feature bypass

Moderate

2.7

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE-2026-48329

Acknowledgements:

Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

Matan Sandori (matans1) and 2Bsecure - CVE-2026-48320
Tahmid Akbar Omim (imperial_coder) - CVE-2026-48327
Rajin Hasnine (retro__) - CVE-2026-48329

Note

Adobe recommends updating your ColdFusion JDK/JRE LTS version to the latest update release as a secure practice. The ColdFusion downloads page is regularly updated to include the latest Java installers for the JDK version your installation supports as per the matrices below.

For instructions on how to use an external JDK, view Change ColdFusion JVM.

Adobe also recommends applying the security configuration settings included in the ColdFusion Security documentation as well as review the respective Lockdown guides.

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NOTE: Adobe has a public bug bounty program with Intigriti. If you are interested in working with Adobe as an external security researcher, please check out https://app.intigriti.com/programs/adobe/adobepublic/detail.

For more information, visit https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/bug-bounty.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.

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2026-07-14