Adobe ColdFusion up to 2023.19/2025.8 path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion up to 2023.19/2025.8. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-47932. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion up to 2023.19/2025.8. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ColdFusion versions 2023.19, 2025.8 and earlier are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access unauthorized files or directories outside the intended restrictions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.

The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-47932 since 05/20/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/10/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Programming Language Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• ColdFusion

Version

• 2023.0
• 2023.1
• 2023.2
• 2023.3
• 2023.4
• 2023.5
• 2023.6
• 2023.7
• 2023.8
• 2023.9
• 2023.10
• 2023.11
• 2023.12
• 2023.13
• 2023.14
• 2023.15
• 2023.16
• 2023.17
• 2023.18
• 2023.19
• 2025.0
• 2025.1
• 2025.2
• 2025.3
• 2025.4
• 2025.5
• 2025.6
• 2025.7
• 2025.8

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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