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CVE-2026-48318 — Adobe ColdFusion 2025

CVSS v3.1 9.9 (CRITICAL) · EPSS 6.6% (higher than 93.1% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 8.7/10 · Published 2026-07-14

As of 2026-07-15, CVE-2026-48318 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion 2025, CVSS v3.1 9.9, EPSS 6.6% (93.1th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-48318, 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: 2026-07-15

What is CVE-2026-48318?

ColdFusion is affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended access scope. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.

The record classifies CVE-2026-48318 under weakness class CWE-22. 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, availability. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 60 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
9.9 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST)
6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.1% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority
8.7/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published
2026-07-14, last modified 2026-07-15

Is CVE-2026-48318 being exploited?

No public exploitation evidence for CVE-2026-48318 is recorded in the sources Threadlinqs tracks — CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, public proof-of-concept repositories and ProjectDiscovery Nuclei — as of 2026-07-15. That is an absence of evidence in those feeds, not a guarantee that the vulnerability is unexploited.

Affected products and versions

How to fix CVE-2026-48318

Vendor advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-82.html. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-48318

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-48318, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

Vendor advisory and patch

Full detection coverage & IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-48318 are available via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier). View plans →

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