# CVE-2026-48259 — Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service

> As of 2026-08-27, CVE-2026-48259 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service, CVSS v3.1 9.6, EPSS 0.8% (58.3th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-48259, most recently “Multi-Vendor Critical Patch Roundup: Firefox 152.0.6, Chrome 150, Adobe ColdFusion/Commerce/AEM (APSB26-68/73/74), and VMware Avi Load Balancer (VMSA-2026-0005)”.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-27

## What is CVE-2026-48259?

Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to issue unauthorized server-side requests, potentially gaining elevated access or control over the victim's account or session. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.

The record classifies CVE-2026-48259 under weakness class [CWE-918](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-918). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity. 3 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 106 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 9.6 — CRITICAL (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.3% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 7.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-07-14, last modified 2026-08-27

## Is CVE-2026-48259 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 28 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Adobe](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/adobe): Experience Manager as a Cloud Service, Experience Manager 6.5 LTS, Experience Manager 6.5

## How to fix CVE-2026-48259

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-48259 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-48259

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-48259, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Multi-Vendor Critical Patch Roundup: Firefox 152.0.6, Chrome 150, Adobe ColdFusion/Commerce/AEM (APSB26-68/73/74), and VMware Avi Load Balancer (VMSA-2026-0005)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1403) — CRITICAL · 2026-07-16

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [helpx.adobe.com — vendor advisory](https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-74.html)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-48259
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-48259 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp