CVE•Published 2026-08-11•Modified 2026-08-28•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-21279Adobe · Coldfusion
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS percentile
35
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 65% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
is affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized read and limited write access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-28
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-21279Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Adobe Coldfusion" version:"2023"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Coldfusion"HTTP body or banner mentions "Coldfusion" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-21279Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-21279Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-21279Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-21279GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-21279" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-21279 on GitHub.