Bulletin ID
Last updated on
Sep 8, 2026
Security updates available for Adobe ColdFusion | APSB26-119
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Date Published |
Priority |
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APSB26-119 |
September 8, 2026 |
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Summary
Adobe has released a security update for ColdFusion versions 2025 and 2023. This update resolves critical and important vulnerabilities that could result in arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, arbitrary file system read, and application denial-of-service.
Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for any of the issues addressed in this update.
Affected Versions
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Product |
Update number |
Platform |
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ColdFusion 2025 |
2025.0.12 and earlier versions |
All |
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ColdFusion 2023 |
2023.0.23 and earlier versions |
All |
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their installations to the newest versions:
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
Vulnerability Details
| Vulnerability Category | Vulnerability Impact | Severity | CVSS base score | CVSS vector | CVE Number |
Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection') (CWE-95) |
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-2026-48273 |
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-2026-75746 |
Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection') (CWE-95) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
8.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
CVE-2026-76190 |
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-2026-75993 |
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
8.4 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2026-75999 |
Improper Access Control (CWE-284) |
Arbitrary file system read |
Critical |
7.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
CVE-2026-75998 |
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) |
Application denial-of-service |
Important |
6.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
CVE-2026-76000 |
Cross-site Scripting (Reflected XSS) (CWE-79) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Important |
6.1 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
CVE-2026-76002 |
Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Important |
4.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
CVE-2026-21269 |
Note
Effective August 11, 2026, Adobe may assign a single CVE identifier to internally discovered vulnerabilities with the same severity rating and CWE category when a release includes systemic fixes.
Acknowledgements:
- AnirudhAnand (a0xnirudh) — CVE-2026-48273
- wayne g (waynezinn) — CVE-2026-75746, CVE-2026-75998
- anonymous_blackzero — CVE-2026-75993
- Matan Sandori (matans1) — CVE-2026-75999, CVE-2026-76000, CVE-2026-76002
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.
ColdFusion JDK Requirement
COLDFUSION 2025 (version 2023.0.0.331385) and above
For Application Servers
On JEE installations, set the following JVM flag, “-Djdk.serialFilter= !org.mozilla.**;!com.sun.syndication.**;!org.apache.commons.beanutils.**;!org.jgroups.**;!com.sun.rowset.**; !com.mysql.cj.jdbc.interceptors.**;!org.apache.commons.collections.**; " in the respective startup file depending on the type of Application Server being used.
For example:
Apache Tomcat Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘Catalina.bat/sh’ file
WebLogic Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTIONS in the ‘startWeblogic.cmd’ file
WildFly/EAP Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘standalone.conf’ file
Set the JVM flags on a JEE installation of ColdFusion, not on a standalone installation.
COLDFUSION 2023 (version 2023.0.0.330468) and above
For Application Servers
On JEE installations, set the following JVM flag, “-Djdk.serialFilter= !org.mozilla.**;!com.sun.syndication.**;!org.apache.commons.beanutils.**;!org.jgroups.**;!com.sun.rowset.**; !com.mysql.cj.jdbc.interceptors.**;!org.apache.commons.collections.**;" in the respective startup file depending on the type of Application Server being used.
For example:
Apache Tomcat Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘Catalina.bat/sh’ file
WebLogic Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTIONS in the ‘startWeblogic.cmd’ file
WildFly/EAP Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘standalone.conf’ file
Set the JVM flags on a JEE installation of ColdFusion, not on a standalone installation.
COLDFUSION 2021 (version 2021.0.0.323925) and above
For Application Servers
On JEE installations, set the following JVM flag, “-Djdk.serialFilter= !org.mozilla.**;!com.sun.syndication.**;!org.apache.commons.beanutils.**;!org.jgroups.**;!com.sun.rowset.**; !com.mysql.cj.jdbc.interceptors.**;!org.apache.commons.collections.**;"
in the respective startup file depending on the type of Application Server being used.
For example:
Apache Tomcat Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘Catalina.bat/sh’ file
WebLogic Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTIONS in the ‘startWeblogic.cmd’ file
WildFly/EAP Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘standalone.conf’ file
Set the JVM flags on a JEE installation of ColdFusion, not on a standalone installation.
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html , or email PSIRT@adobe.com
