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TI-2021-19572 Aliases CVE-2021-43762GHSA-qr5v-fwp7-vh85

Adobe Experience Manager Unicode normalization leads to dispatcher bypass

Priority LOW 32CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

AEM's Cloud Service offering, as well as version 6.5.10.0 (and below) are affected by a dispatcher bypass vulnerability that could be abused to evade security controls. Sensitive areas of the web application may be exposed through exploitation of the vulnerability.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01685 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AdobeExperience Managerup to 6.5.10.0; up to None—No fix listedCNA
  • Experience Manager VendorAdobe Affected up to 6.5.10.0; up to None Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6.5.10.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager_cloud_service:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableAdobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.5.10.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager_cloud_service:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Adobe

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-43762
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qr5v-fwp7-vh85

References

  • TI-2025-31549 Adobe Experience Manager (MS) | Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-03574 Server-side request forgery in Adobe Experience Manager AEM 6.4 and earlier CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-00865 Dispatcher before 4.1.5 in Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0 does not… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-00864 The Servlets Post component 2.3.6 in Apache Sling, as used in Adobe Experience Manager… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-05642 Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5, and 6.4 have an authentication bypass… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05759 XML external entity injection in Adobe Experience Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources