CVE-2023-26360

Adobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Arbitrary code execution

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.6
Exploitation: Known exploited (CISA KEV) · added 2023-03-15
Exploited per ENISA since 2023-03-15
EPSS: EPSS 97.34 % · percentile 100 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-03-23
Updated: 2025-10-21
Assigner: adobe
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018 Update 15 (and earlier) and 2021 Update 5 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N	adobe
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N	NVD · psirt@adobe.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-30181
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-26360

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2023-AVI-0227 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Adobe · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update15:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Adobe · ColdFusion	affected unspecified ≤ CF2018U15 ; affected unspecified ≤ CF2021U5 ; affected unspecified ≤ None

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities	CC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD