CVE-2026-106622: 
Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2026-106622 is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion that can result in privilege escalation with a changed scope. It affects ColdFusion 2023 (all updates up to and including 2023.0.25) and ColdFusion 2025 (all updates up to and including 2025.0.14). No user interaction is required for exploitation, making it fully automatable. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 10.0 (Critical) (GitHub Advisory, Adobe Advisory).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery), where ColdFusion's web server receives and processes URLs or requests from upstream components without sufficiently validating that requests are directed to expected destinations. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send crafted network requests to a vulnerable ColdFusion instance, causing the server to make unauthorized requests to internal or otherwise restricted resources, ultimately enabling privilege escalation. No special privileges or user interaction are required, and the scope change indicates that the impact extends beyond the vulnerable component itself (GitHub Advisory, Adobe Advisory).

Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated network attacker to escalate privileges and gain unauthorized access to internal systems and resources, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The changed scope means the vulnerability can affect components and systems beyond the ColdFusion instance itself, potentially enabling lateral movement to internal services not directly exposed to the internet. Sensitive data exposure, unauthorized modification of data, and disruption of service availability are all plausible outcomes (GitHub Advisory, Adobe Advisory).

As of the time of disclosure, there is no public proof-of-concept exploit and no evidence of in-the-wild exploitation (Adobe Advisory). The vulnerability is rated automatable by NVD's SSVC assessment, meaning exploitation can be scripted without manual interaction. The EPSS score is approximately 0.73% (53rd percentile), indicating a moderate near-term exploitation probability. No threat actor attribution or CISA KEV catalog listing has been identified at this time (GitHub Advisory).

Adobe has released patched versions addressing this vulnerability: ColdFusion 2023 users should update to version 2023.0.26 or later, and ColdFusion 2025 users should update to version 2025.0.14 or later (Adobe Advisory). As additional hardening measures, administrators should review and restrict outbound network access from ColdFusion instances to internal services and sensitive endpoints, and implement input validation and URL filtering to mitigate SSRF attack vectors. Applying the vendor patch is the primary and recommended remediation.

The vulnerability was covered in October 2026 Patch Tuesday roundup articles, including coverage by CSO Online and Heise, noting it as part of a broader set of critical Adobe vulnerabilities addressed that month (CSO Online, Heise). Security community aggregators such as AUSCERT, ThreatAFT, and CTI Pilot also flagged the advisory as part of Adobe's October 2026 ColdFusion cluster of vulnerabilities. FortiGuard IPS updates (version 37.309) were noted as including detection for this CVE (FortiGuard).