# CVE-2026-48284 — Adobe ColdFusion 2025

> As of 2026-08-27, CVE-2026-48284 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion 2025, CVSS v3.1 9.6, EPSS 0.4% (40.4th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-48284, 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-2026-48284?

ColdFusion is affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The vulnerable component is restricted to an administrative network zone by default. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.

The record classifies CVE-2026-48284 under weakness class [CWE-20](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-20). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable from an adjacent network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 2 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:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.4% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 6.4/10 — 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-2026-48284 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 23 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Adobe](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/adobe): ColdFusion 2025, ColdFusion 2023

## How to fix CVE-2026-48284

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-48284 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-2026-48284

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-48284, 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/coldfusion/apsb26-82.html)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-48284
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-48284 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp