Affects Adobe Experience Manager — a widely used enterprise CMS. SSRF leading to RCE can disrupt corporate web infrastructure and customer-facing sites.
CVE-2026-48259
AEM SSRF enabling remote arbitrary code execution without user interaction
Is CVE-2026-48259 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-48259 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.90% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-48259?
CVE-2026-48259 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.6. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-48259?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-48259. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-48259 affect?
CVE-2026-48259 affects Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-48259?
Apply vendor patch when released; restrict AEM outbound access and add WAF/egress rules.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Low-privileged SSRF can trigger server-side requests and lead to arbitrary code execution, account/session takeover, and privilege escalation.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 6.5.25
- affected<= SP2
- affected<= 2026.5.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.