Adobe ColdFusion Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability Leading to Denial-of-Service

Vulnerability

A denial-of-service vulnerability has been identified in Adobe ColdFusion versions 2023.18, 2025.6 and earlier. This vulnerability allows a high-privileged attacker to exhaust system resources, causing a slowdown in application performance. The issue arises from uncontrolled resource consumption, and exploitation does not require user interaction.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to application denial-of-service, causing a slowdown in performance by exhausting system resources.

Remediation

Users are advised to update to ColdFusion 2025 Update 7 or ColdFusion 2023 Update 19. For more information, refer to the Adobe ColdFusion downloads page and the respective ColdFusion Lockdown Guides.

Added: Apr 15, 2026, 12:44 AM
Updated: Apr 15, 2026, 12:44 AM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
6.4
impact
2.5
exploitability
5.0
remediation
7.7
relevance
5.9
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.0

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