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CVE-2026-71362: Adobe Commerce and Magento Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability

CVE-2026-71362 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 and affects Adobe Commerce and Magento , along with 1 other product in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-09-24, which means exploitation in the wild has been observed.

Vulnerability description

Adobe Commerce is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain elevated access to sensitive resources. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.1 9.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
  • Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
  • Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
  • User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
  • Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
  • Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
  • Availability impact: None. No effect on availability.

Underlying weakness

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

Affected products

  • Adobe Commerce: before 2.4.4; 2.4.4; 2.4.4 p1; 2.4.4 p10; 2.4.4 p11; 2.4.4 p12; 2.4.4 p13; 2.4.4 p14; 2.4.4 p15; 2.4.4 p16; 2.4.4 p17; 2.4.4 p18
  • Adobe Magento: up to and including 2.4.6; 2.4.7; 2.4.7 b1; 2.4.7 b2; 2.4.7 beta3; 2.4.7 p1; 2.4.7 p10; 2.4.7 p2; 2.4.7 p3; 2.4.7 p4; 2.4.7 p5; 2.4.7 p6
  • Adobe Commerce B2b: before 1.3.3; 1.3.3; 1.3.3 p1; 1.3.3 p10; 1.3.3 p11; 1.3.3 p12; 1.3.3 p13; 1.3.3 p14; 1.3.3 p15; 1.3.3 p16; 1.3.3 p17; 1.3.3 p18

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