Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service: Incorrect Authorization
CVE-2026-19232 is a critical-severity incorrect authorization vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service from Adobe, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.9 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. Affected Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service versions: 2026.7.0 and earlier. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation within 30 days, higher than 64% of scored CVEs.
Critical severity: a successful attack would have severe impact.
What to do
- Update Experience Manager to 6.5 or 6.5.25.0 or 2026.8.0, whichever matches your release line, or a later version.
- Read the advisory on helpx.adobe.com for workarounds and exact fixed builds.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service | 2026.7.0 and earlier | Not stated |
| Adobe | Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS | SP2 and earlier | Not stated |
| Adobe | Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 | 6.5.24 and earlier | Not stated |
| Adobe | Experience Manager | before 6.5; before 6.5.25.0; before 2026.8.0; 6.5 | 6.5, 6.5.25.0, 2026.8.0 |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- NetworkCan be exploited remotely over a network, including the internet.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- LowA basic user account is enough.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- ChangedThe attack can reach beyond the vulnerable component into other systems.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- HighThe component can be taken down completely.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (adobe.com).
Official description
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.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Incorrect Authorization
The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries. Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
- Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to the patient and the patient's doctor.
- Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. For example, consider using authorization frameworks such as the JAAS Authorization Framework and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature.
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service
- 9.9 Critical severity
- 9.9 Critical severity
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- 10.0 Critical severity
- 9.6 Critical severity
- 9.3 Critical severity
Recent Incorrect Authorization vulnerabilities
- 8.8 High severity
- 8.6 High severity
- 8.6 High severity
- 8.7 High severity
- 8.6 High severity
- 7.5 High severity
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