{"id":"CVE-2026-83961","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-83961","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:28:05.309Z","title":"ColdFusion is affected by an Improper Authentication vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation.","description":"ColdFusion is affected by an Improper Authentication vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain limited read and write access. The vulnerable component is restricted to an administrative network zone by default. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.","published":"2026-09-03T16:18:23.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-09T13:33:44.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["adobe/coldfusion"],"epss":{"score":0.00418,"percentile":0.35893,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-90.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83961","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}