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CVE-2022-38420

Adobe ColdFusion Use of Hard-coded Credentials Application denial-of-service

High7.5EPSS 44.7%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
adobe

Description

Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by a Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability that could result in application denial-of-service by gaining access to start/stop arbitrary services. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By adobe

  2. · 57 days later

    Published

  3. · 3 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-38420, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
adobeCNA (assigner)3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
44.7% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Adobe · ColdFusion

    • affected unspecified – ≤ CF2021U4
    • affected unspecified – ≤ CF2018u14
    • affected unspecified – ≤ None

References (1)

Sources

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