{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2023-38203 in the wild since at least 8 Jan 2024, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38203 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 29 Jan 2024.","what":"CVE-2023-38203 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 20 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-38203 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-38203 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 20 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2023-38203 in the wild since at least 8 Jan 2024, including in ransomware campaigns.\n\nAffected product: Adobe Coldfusion. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38203/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38203/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-38203","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38203/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-38203","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-4vp5-7p37-q66w"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Adobe ColdFusion","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code on Adobe ColdFusion servers via unsafe deserialization of untrusted data.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"deserialization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"adobe","cpe":[{"product":"coldfusion","vendor":"adobe"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-502","name":"Deserialization of Untrusted Data"}],"description":"Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u17 (and earlier), 2021u7 (and earlier) and 2023u1 (and earlier) are affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability that could result in Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-38203.yaml","stars":null,"title":"Adobe ColdFusion - Deserialization of Untrusted Data"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2023-38203","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2024-01-08","dueDate":"2024-01-29","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","product":"ColdFusion","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","vendorProject":"Adobe","vulnerabilityName":"Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"adobe:coldfusion","products":["adobe:coldfusion"],"type":"deserialization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Bypass APSB23-41 (CVE-2023-38203) - Pre-Auth RCE ColdFusion 2021 Update 8","id":"CVE-2023-38204"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Keylime: challenge-response protocol bypass during agent registration","id":"CVE-2023-38201"},"products":["ColdFusion"],"published":"2023-07-20","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Adobe ColdFusion Path Traversal","id":"CVE-2026-48282","kev_date_added":"2026-07-07","published":"2026-06-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2023-29300","kev_date_added":"2024-01-08","published":"2023-07-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2023-26359","kev_date_added":"2023-08-21","published":"2023-03-23"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Adobe ColdFusion Unrestricted File Upload","id":"CVE-2018-15961","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2018-09-25"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2018-4939","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2018-05-19"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization","id":"CVE-2017-3066","kev_date_added":"2025-02-24","published":"2017-04-27"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-10-21","vendors":["Adobe"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code on Adobe ColdFusion servers via unsafe deserialization of untrusted data.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38203/"}