# CVE-2026-48440 — Adobe ColdFusion 2025

> As of 2026-08-27, CVE-2026-48440 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion 2025, CVSS v3.1 8.1, EPSS 1.2% (68.6th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-48440, most recently “Adobe Patches Critical RCE Flaws in ColdFusion, Campaign Classic, and Commerce (CVE-2026-48362, CVSS 10.0)”.

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

## What is CVE-2026-48440?

ColdFusion is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

The record classifies CVE-2026-48440 under weakness class [CWE-122](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-122). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the 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 78 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 8.1 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.6% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 6.8/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-08-11, last modified 2026-08-27

## Is CVE-2026-48440 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 37 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

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

## How to fix CVE-2026-48440

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-48440 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-2026-48440

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-48440, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Adobe Patches Critical RCE Flaws in ColdFusion, Campaign Classic, and Commerce (CVE-2026-48362, CVSS 10.0)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1985) — CRITICAL · 2026-08-11

## Sources

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

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [helpx.adobe.com — vendor advisory](https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-90.html)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-48440
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-48440 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp