Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach exposed ColdFusion endpoint
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ExploitSend crafted unauthenticated request
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ExecutionBypass authorization control
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ImpactRead returned sensitive memory
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | No special conditions - per the vendor CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), remote unauthenticated exploitation is possible without user interaction against affected ColdFusion servers. The limiting factors are version and exposure: only ColdFusion 2023 at or below update 2023.0.25 and ColdFusion 2025 at or below update 2025.0.13 are affected, and the instance must be network-reachable by the attacker for the AV:N vector to apply. The description provides no feature-flag or non-default-configuration prerequisite, so default internet-facing deployments on vulnerable versions appear exploitable; confirm any additional preconditions against Adobe APSB26-144. |
| Impact | All available signals point to a genuinely network-exposed, easy-to-trigger information disclosure flaw, but the real-world priority is moderated by the absence of exploitation telemetry. The vendor-supplied CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes a remotely reachable issue requiring no privileges, no user interaction, and low complexity, with high confidentiality impact (C:H) and no integrity or availability impact - consistent with the CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization root cause and the described leak of sensitive process memory. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no POC indicator were provided in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation; the 7.5 base score reflects potential, not observed, abuse. A key caveat: the description characterizes the flaw as an authorization defect disclosing 'sensitive memory,' which typically yields partial/opportunistic data rather than full secret extraction, yet the vector asserts C:H - treat the full-confidentiality rating as the vendor's conservative worst case and verify the actual scope of leaked data against the Adobe advisory. The input Tags label this 'Authentication Bypass,' which conflicts with the CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization classification (an authenticated-vs-authorization distinction) - verify the precise mechanism with Adobe APSB26-144. Given ColdFusion's long history of appearing in CISA KEV, defenders should patch promptly even without current exploitation data, treating this as a credible pre-exploitation disclosure primitive. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote, unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted request to an internet-exposed ColdFusion 2023 (≤2023.0.25) or 2025 (≤2025.0.13) instance, triggering the incorrect authorization check and causing the server to return fragments of sensitive process memory. Because exploitation requires no user interaction and no privileges (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), the attacker can repeat the request to harvest leaked memory that may contain tokens, credentials, or internal data useful for follow-on attacks. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, so this scenario is inferred from the CVSS vector and description rather than a confirmed PoC. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026
Incorrect authorization in Adobe ColdFusion 2023 (up to and including update 2023.0.25) and ColdFusion 2025 (up to and including update 2025.0.13) lets remote, unauthenticated attackers read contents of sensitive memory without any user interaction. The flaw is rated 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) and is classified as an authentication bypass (CWE-863), so confidentiality of server-side data is the primary exposure rather than code execution or data modification. No public exploit code or exploitation telemetry has been identified at time of analysis, and no CISA KEV entry is associated, so the practical risk is governed mainly by whether a vulnerable, internet-facing ColdFusion instance is reachable.
RemediationAI
Apply the fixed update published in Adobe's APSB26-144 bulletin (https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-144.html); the supplied data does not state an exact patched version, so the bulletin is the authoritative source for the specific release, and any instance currently on ColdFusion 2025 update 2025.0.13 or below, or ColdFusion 2023 update 2023.0.25 or below, should be moved off those builds as a priority. If immediate upgrade is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to remove network reachability, since the entire attack path is AV:N: block inbound access to ColdFusion HTTP/HTTPS service ports and to the ColdFusion Administrator and built-in web server ports from the internet, restricting them to trusted management networks or a VPN - the trade-off is that any legitimately public ColdFusion application becomes unavailable to external users and must be fronted by a reverse proxy or load balancer. Additional short-term measures: place an IPS/WAF rule set in front of the server to reject anomalous requests targeting authorization-handling endpoints (effective only for known request patterns and easily bypassed by obfuscation), run the service under a least-privileged OS account with container/process-level memory protections to limit what a memory disclosure could expose (does not fix the flaw), and enable verbose request and error logging with alerting on unexpected responses from unauthenticated users so attempted abuse is detectable. Because there is no public exploit code identified at time of analysis, there is no specific signature to block yet, so detection should focus on behavioural anomalies rather than known payload strings.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Adobe ColdFusion is a Java-based enterprise application server and Rapid Application Development platform, and the flaw maps to CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), meaning an access-control or authorization check is implemented in a way that permits a request it should reject. The 'tags' metadata supplied with this record labels it an authentication bypass, which is consistent with the CVSS vector: PR:N confirms that no credentials are required, UI:N confirms no victim interaction, and AV:N confirms the attack is delivered over the network, so the authorization decision being bypassed is reachable at the application/HTTP layer rather than through a local-only interface. The impact is classified as C:H/I:N/A:N, which indicates the practical consequence is disclosure of sensitive memory contents - typically server-side heap data, in-process objects, or internals returned to the attacker - rather than remote code execution or service disruption. No CPE strings were provided in the supplied data, so exact platform builds should be confirmed against Adobe APSB26-144; the EUVD record bounds the affected versions to ColdFusion 2025 0 ≤ 2025.0.13 and ColdFusion 2023 0 ≤ 2023.0.25. No privilege or configuration prerequisite is described, so the assessment treats default, network-reachable deployments on those builds as potentially exploitable.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Remote unauthenticated authorization bypass with no user interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); only confidentiality affected via memory disclosure, so I:N/A:N and C:H per vendor.
Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).
CVSS VectorVendor: adobe
DescriptionCVE.org
ColdFusion is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Executive ViewAI
Adobe ColdFusion 2023 and 2025 deployments are exposed to an unauthenticated memory-disclosure flaw that can let outsiders read sensitive server-side data, including configuration secrets, credentials, and application logic. Because no vendor patch is available, every internet-reachable instance represents an unmanaged confidentiality risk that could cascade into credential theft or follow-on compromise. Leadership should care because these systems commonly underpin customer-facing and internal business applications, and exposure does not require a valid account or any user interaction.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: block public exposure of ColdFusion application and administrative ports (including 8500/admin), front instances with an authenticated reverse proxy or VPN, deploy WAF or virtual-patching rules to reject unauthorized requests, run the ColdFusion service under a least-privilege account, and monitor for anomalous memory-read or authorization-bypass activity.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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EUVD-2026-100503
GHSA-5c96-gmx9-h3vw
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