CVE-2022-38421: Adobe ColdFusion

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 79.6% 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, but does require administrator privileges.

Affected products

• Adobe ColdFusion: version 2018 only; version 2021 only

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