8.7High
Adobe Coldfusion
CVE-2026-21273
is affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized read and write access. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.
What this means for your business
- It affects Adobe Coldfusion. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.6% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 45% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Adobe Coldfusion, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 8.7 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Assigned by
- psirt@adobe.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-11
- Last modified
- 2026-08-28
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Adobe Coldfusion2023, 2025
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.