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Adobe Experience Manager is widely used enterprise software; an SSRF allowing privilege escalation and internal pivoting can cause broad enterprise impact and attract public attention.

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CVE-2026-81999

8.7
High
EPSS 0.81%Sep 24, 2026

SSRF in Adobe AEM Forms JEE enabling privilege escalation

common questions

Is CVE-2026-81999 being exploited?

Not confirmed. CVE-2026-81999 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 0.81% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How severe is CVE-2026-81999?

CVE-2026-81999 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. 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-2026-81999?

Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-81999, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.

What does CVE-2026-81999 affect?

CVE-2026-81999 affects Adobe Experience Manager Forms JEE. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.

What should I do about CVE-2026-81999?

Apply vendor mitigations/patches, restrict SSRF targets, isolate affected instances and review logs

Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.

executive summary
technical analysis
affected
Adobe Experience Manager Forms JEE
impact

SSRF lets attackers access internal services and escalate privileges, enabling data access, lateral movement, and service compromise.

action required

Immediate action required

affected versions
Adobe AEM 6.5 Forms JEE
  • affected<= 6.5.25
vendor says fixed in6.5.25 (AEMForms-6.5.0-0134 Hotfix)
Adobe AEM 6.5 LTS Forms JEE
  • affected<= 6.5 LTS SP2
vendor says fixed in6.5 LTS SP3

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.

how to fix
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