CVE-2026-119017: Adobe Experience Manager (critical)

Summary

Adobe Experience Manager contains an Incorrect Authorization flaw that lets a low-privileged attacker run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. The attacker can reach it remotely over the network, but they need a login, and no user interaction is required.

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Adobe Experience Manager is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.

Who should check

Teams running Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 (not LTS, not Cloud Service) up to Service Pack 25

Read the source excerpt

“Service Pack 25 and earlier”

adobe.com

cve.now Index

23Pcve.now Index 23 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional

Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
Exposure8/25Specific setups only, reachable over the network
Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
Severity9.9/10CVSS 9.9
No patch5/5No patch listed yet

What would change the score

Would score about 73 if added to CISA KEV
Would score about 68 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
Would score about 30 if CISA's SSVC rates it automatable

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What to do

Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs.
Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 (not the 6.5 LTS line or Cloud Service)
Workaround: The checked facts do not list a workaround. The named fix is the Cumulative Hotfix for GRANITE-75052, so apply it as soon as possible.

Check your systems with an agent

Paste this into a coding or ops agent. It checks your systems read-only and reports a table per asset.

Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-119017 (Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-119017 (entry last updated 2026-11-10):
Affected:
- Adobe Adobe Experience Manager 6.5: through 6.5.25
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Conditions (all must be true for the bug to be hit):
- Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 (not the 6.5 LTS line or Cloud Service) (source: https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-189.html)
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
Attacker needs: network access, low-privilege login, no user action.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-119017 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-119017 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-189.html
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-119017
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Timeline

Nov 10, 2026, 9:56 PM UTCCVE published
Nov 10, 2026, 10:06 PM UTCFirst seen by cve.now

Affected versions

Adobe Adobe Experience Manager 6.5
through 6.5.25

Evidence 3

Vendor advisory · 1

Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.

Advisory
adobe.com · trust/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-189.html

CVE record · 2

Establishes: The identifier and description.

Record
CVE List · CVE-2026-119017
Record
NVD · CVE-2026-119017

Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about CVE-2026-119017

Is CVE-2026-119017 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

What does this mean?

This is an incorrect authorization flaw (CWE-863), meaning the software does not properly check whether a user is allowed to perform a given action. The checked facts do not describe the specific impact.Source: adobe.com

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-119017?

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5: through 6.5.25.Source: cve.now feed data

Am I affected, and how do I check?

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 releases up to and including 6.5.25 are listed as affected. The 6.5 LTS line and Cloud Service are excluded, so compare your installed 6.5 version against 6.5.25 and check which line it belongs to.Source: adobe.com

How do I fix CVE-2026-119017?

Apply the Cumulative Hotfix for GRANITE-75052, which the advisory names as the fix for AEM 6.5.Source: adobe.com

What if there's no patch?

The checked facts do not list a workaround. The named fix is the Cumulative Hotfix for GRANITE-75052, so apply it as soon as possible.Source: adobe.com

Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)