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Adobe Security Bulletin

Last updated on Jul 15, 2026

Security updates available for Adobe Experience Manager | APSB26-74

Bulletin ID
Date published
Priority
APSB26-74
July 14, 2026
3

Summary

Adobe has released updates for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). This update resolves vulnerabilities rated important. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in arbitrary code execution, security feature bypass, arbitrary file system read, and privilege escalation.

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

Affected product versions

Product
Version
Platform
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
AEM Cloud Service (CS) Release 2026.5.0 and earlier
All
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
6.5 LTS Service Pack 2 and earlier
All
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
6.5 Service Pack 25 and earlier
All

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:

Product
Version
Platform
Priority
Availability
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
AEM Cloud Service (CS) Release 2026.6.0
All
3
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
6.5 LTS Service Pack 2 - Hotfix for NPR-43972
All
3
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
6.5 Service Pack 25 - Hotfix for NPR-43971
All
3

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability impact
Severity
CVSS base score
CVSS vector
CVE number
Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Impact
Severity
CVSS base score
CVE Number
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918)
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-2026-48259
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)
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-2026-48359
Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306)
Security feature bypass
Critical
8.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVE-2026-48252
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)
Arbitrary file system read
Critical
8.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2026-48310
Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79)
Arbitrary code execution
Important
5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2026-48263
Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based XSS) (CWE-79)
Arbitrary code execution
Important
5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2026-48253
Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79)
Arbitrary code execution
Important
5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2026-48355
Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based XSS) (CWE-79)
Arbitrary code execution
Important
5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2026-48254
Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based XSS) (CWE-79)
Arbitrary code execution
Important
5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2026-48255
Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based XSS) (CWE-79)
Arbitrary code execution
Important
5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2026-48257
Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based XSS) (CWE-79)
Arbitrary code execution
Important
5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2026-48260
Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based XSS) (CWE-79)
Arbitrary code execution
Important
5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2026-48261
Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based XSS) (CWE-79)
Privilege escalation
Important
5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2026-48262

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

  • green-jam - CVE-2026-48253, CVE-2026-48254, CVE-2026-48255, CVE-2026-48257, CVE-2026-48260, CVE-2026-48261, CVE-2026-48262
  • Dylan Pindur, Adam Kues, and Patrik Grobshäuser of Assetnote - CVE-2026-48252, CVE-2026-48259, CVE-2026-48263, CVE-2026-48310, CVE-2026-48355, CVE-2026-48359

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