CVE-2022-38418: Adobe ColdFusion

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 80.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Affected products

• Adobe ColdFusion: version 2018 only; version 2021 only

Published 2022-10-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.