Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-863Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Adobe Experience Manager is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user, potentially gaining elevated access or control over the victim's account or session. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated access or control over the victim's account or session. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01008 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service (Adobe): 2026.8.0Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS (Adobe): SP3+1 more product
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service | up to 2026.7.0 | 2026.8.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| Adobe | Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS | up to SP2 | SP3 | Patch available | CNA |
| Adobe | Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 | up to 6.5.24 | 6.5.25 | Patch available | CNA |
- Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service VendorAdobe Affected up to 2026.7.0 Fixed in 2026.8.0 Patch available CNA
- Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS VendorAdobe Affected up to SP2 Fixed in SP3 Patch available CNA
- Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 VendorAdobe Affected up to 6.5.24 Fixed in 6.5.25 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 6
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:-:*:*:lts:*:*:* | before 6.5 | Vulnerable | Adobe |
| cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | before 6.5.25.0 | Vulnerable | Adobe |
| cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:aem_cloud_service:*:*:* | before 2026.8.0 | Vulnerable | Adobe |
| cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:-:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 6.5 | Vulnerable | Adobe |
| cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:sp1:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 6.5 sp1 | Vulnerable | Adobe |
| cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:sp2:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 6.5 sp2 | Vulnerable | Adobe |
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:-:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions before 6.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions before 6.5.25.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:aem_cloud_service:*:*:* Versions before 2026.8.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:-:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 6.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:sp1:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 6.5 sp1 Vulnerable ·Adobe
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:sp2:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 6.5 sp2 Vulnerable ·Adobe
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service (Adobe) Fixed in 2026.8.0
- Fix · CNA Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS (Adobe) Fixed in SP3
- Fix · CNA Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 (Adobe) Fixed in 6.5.25
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-19232
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5q5f-6932-j76w
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Adobe Experience Manager vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-19232 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-19232 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5q5f-6932-j76w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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