Check Point Advisories

Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal (CVE-2025-43566)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2025-13716
Date Published:	30 Mar 2026
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 30 March, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2025-43566
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update1 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update10 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update11 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update12 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update13 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update14 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update15 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update16 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update17 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update18 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update19 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update2 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update3 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update4 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update5 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update6 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update7 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update8 Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Update9 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update1 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update10 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update11 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update12 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update13 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update2 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update3 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update4 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update5 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update6 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update7 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update8 Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Update9 Adobe ColdFusion 2025 Adobe ColdFusion 2025 Update1
Vulnerability Description	A directory traversal vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion allows high-privileged attackers to bypass security protections and gain unauthorized read access to the file system. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and has a changed scope.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal (CVE-2025-43566) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Adobe Reader Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal (CVE-2025-43566)