# CVE-2025-49536: ColdFusion | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

> A low-privileged attacker can bypass security measures to gain unauthorized access to Adobe ColdFusion without user interaction.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2rhm-r3jf-ph2q

## What is CVE-2025-49536?

CVE-2025-49536 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 8 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ColdFusion versions 2025.2, 2023.14, 2021.20 and earlier are affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. The vulnerable component is restricted to internal IP addresses.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49536?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adobe Coldfusion.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-49536?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49536 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-49536 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49536 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Coldfusion

- [CVE-2026-48282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48282/): Adobe ColdFusion Path Traversal (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-38203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38203/): Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-29300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29300/): Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-26359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26359/): Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-15961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15961/): Adobe ColdFusion Unrestricted File Upload (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-49536 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-49536 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 8 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49536 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Coldfusion. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49536/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49536/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49536
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49536
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49536

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49536/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.