Adobe BlazeDS Information Disclosure Vulnerability
What it is
Adobe BlazeDS, which is utilized in LifeCycle and Coldfusion, contains a vulnerability that allows for information disclosure.
Known to be used in ransomware campaigns.Active threat actors have chained this vulnerability into ransomware operations — treat patching as a same-week priority, not a "next maintenance window" task. The coping action is the same one below; the urgency is higher.
Who's affected
Affects anyone running Adobe BlazeDS. If it's part of your document workflow, exploitation can lead to code execution when a user opens an attacker-controlled file.
What to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA action deadline: September 7, 2022. Federal agencies must complete the required action by this date. For private SMBs the deadline is advisory — but treat it as a strong recommendation, especially if you handle regulated data (HIPAA, GLBA, ABA model rules).
If you don't have someone in-house to verify the patch deployed across every endpoint — or you're not sure whether you're affected — that's exactly the kind of triage we do. Book a free 20-minute triage call.
Severity
CVSS base score: 6.5 — MEDIUM
Source
Pulled daily from the public cisagov/kev-data mirror (CC0). View the original entry on cisa.gov. CISA KEV is US-Government public-domain data; we add the SMB-vertical framing and the coping action above.