{"id":"CVE-2026-83961","title":"ColdFusion is affected by an Improper Authentication vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation","summary":"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 …","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","cwe":["CWE-287"],"vendor":"adobe","product":"coldfusion","affected":["coldfusion = 2023","coldfusion = 2025"],"published":"2026-09-03","updated":"2026-09-09","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-09T13:33:43.513","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83961","references":[{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-90.html","label":"psirt@adobe.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-03T16:09:32.181370Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-10T20:38:09.358Z","epss":0.00418,"epssPercentile":0.33433,"slug":"CVE-2026-83961","body":"## Overview\n\nColdFusion 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `coldfusion = 2023`\n- `coldfusion = 2025`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.1,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}