CVE-2026-48364
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedColdFusion versions 2025.9, 2023.20 and earlier are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceColdFusion versions 2025.9, 2023.20 and earlier contain an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability allowing arbitrary code execution. An attacker can place a malicious file that gets loaded by ColdFusion when the victim opens it, achieving code execution in the context of the current user. The scope changed indicates the vulnerability can impact components beyond the vulnerable ColdFusion installation.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2023= 2025CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify ColdFusion installation and versionCheck the ColdFusion version by inspecting the admin console, checking the version file, or running the cfadmin API to confirm the exact build number (such as 2025.9, 2023.20, or earlier)Affected if The installed version is 2025.9 or earlier, or 2023.20 or earlier (not 2025.10+/2023.21+)
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Review file system permissions on ColdFusion directoriesExamine write permissions on ColdFusion installation directories and subdirectories where the application loads libraries or executablesAffected if Low-privilege users or attackers can write to directories in ColdFusion's library or binary search path
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Inspect for unexpected DLL or executable filesScan ColdFusion bin, lib, and common library directories for newly created or suspicious files that do not belong to the standard ColdFusion installationAffected if Unexpected DLL or executable files exist in directories that ColdFusion loads from at startup or during operation
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Check process environment and PATH configurationReview the ColdFusion service process environment variables and any custom search path configurations that define where the application loads binaries fromAffected if The search path includes writable locations accessible to untrusted users, or contains relative/untrusted paths
A user is affected if they run a vulnerable ColdFusion 2023.x (≤2023.20) or 2025.x (≤2025.9) version AND an attacker can place a malicious file in any directory that ColdFusion searches for libraries or executables.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade ColdFusion to version 2025.10 or later (for 2025.x) and 2023.21 or later (for 2023.x) to resolve the uncontrolled search path vulnerability. Restrict file access permissions and validate file loading paths as a defense-in-depth measure until patching is complete.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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