CVE-2020-3741 Denial of service in Adobe Experience Manager
Attackers can cause denial of service in Adobe Experience Manager through uncontrolled resource consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-3741?
CVE-2020-3741 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, published on 13 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5, and 6.4 have an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to denial-of-service.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3741?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Experience Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2020-3741?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3741 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-3741 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3741 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Experience Manager
- CVE-2026-90532 Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
- CVE-2026-105895 Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
- CVE-2026-19232 Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
- CVE-2025-49533 Adobe Experience Manager (MS) | Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)
- CVE-2021-40722 AEM Forms Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9r48-45jv-qjj7.