Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

Summary

CVECVE-2023-26359
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-03-23 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-28 13:00:00 UTC
DescriptionAdobe ColdFusion versions 2018 Update 15 (and earlier) and 2021 Update 5 (and earlier) are affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.856710000 probability, percentile 0.993680000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-08-21; due 2023-09-11; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-502

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorAdobe
ProductColdFusion
NameAdobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-25.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26359

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 - All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update1 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update10 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update11 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update12 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update13 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update14 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update15 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update2 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update3 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update4 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update5 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update6 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update7 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update8 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update9 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 - All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update1 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update2 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update3 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update4 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update5 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Adobe Security Bulletin MISC helpx.adobe.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150690 Adobe ColdFusion CFC Deserialization RCE Vulnerability (APSB23-25)
  • 378080 Adobe ColdFusion Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB23-25)
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