critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-48282Adobe ColdFusion — path traversal to unauthenticated code execution

Adobe ColdFusion 2025.9, 2023.20 and earlier let a request escape the directory it should be confined to, which an attacker can turn into code running as the ColdFusion user — with no sign-in and no click from anyone.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Patch ColdFusion per Adobe bulletin APSB26-68 now; keep the server off the public internet and review scheduled tasks and uploaded files for tampering.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
10.0/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
42%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-06-30
Added to KEV
2026-07-07
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
critical

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

Attacker needsNetwork access to the ColdFusion server; no credentials and no user interaction needed.

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-23scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-23scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-23scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-23claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2026-48282 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-23