Critical RCE in widely deployed enterprise software (Adobe Experience Manager) enabling remote takeover; high-impact and newsworthy across organizations using AEM.
CVE-2026-90532
Critical AEM authorization flaw enabling remote arbitrary code execution.
Is CVE-2026-90532 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-90532 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 0.66% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-90532?
CVE-2026-90532 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 10.0. 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-2026-90532?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-90532. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-90532 affect?
CVE-2026-90532 affects Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), AEM Author / Publish instances, AEM Cloud Service and on-prem deployments. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-90532?
Apply Adobe AEM security update immediately; isolate instances and review logs.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote arbitrary code execution without user interaction, enabling full AEM instance takeover, data access, and lateral movement.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 6.5.25
- affected<= 6.5 LTS SP3
- affected<= 2026.9.28187
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.