Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-47996

Access Control in Adobe Commerce 2.4.4 … 2.4.9

Published
14 July 2026
Modified
15 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.18 97th percentile
Risk Priority 60 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-47996 is a high-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Adobe Commerce. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Adobe Commerce is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A high-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized read access. Exploitation of this issue does not require…

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user interaction. Scope is changed.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

Authorization bypass in Adobe Commerce (public-facing web app) directly enables remote exploitation for unauthorized data access without user interaction.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2026-21359Same product: Adobe Commerce
CVE-2025-24409Same product: Adobe Commerce
CVE-2026-34645Same product: Adobe Commerce
CVE-2026-21296Same product: Adobe Commerce

Affected Assets

adobe
commerce
2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.8
adobe
commerce b2b
1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.4.2, 1.5.2, 1.5.3
adobe
magento
2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.8, 2.4.9
adobe
i\/o events
1.6.0 — 1.21.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces authorization decisions to block the incorrect authorization bypass (CWE-863) that allows unauthorized reads.

prevent

Limits privileges on high-privileged accounts so a successful bypass yields minimal additional read access.

prevent

Enforces information flow rules that would still restrict data exposure even if an authorization check is flawed.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 mostly match
prevents

Defining, enforcing, and reviewing access authorizations and least privilege directly prevents incorrect authorization checks.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Requiring consistency between access rights and classification plus formal approval steps ensures that the authorization logic correctly distinguishes between entities that should and should not be granted access.

prevents

Enforcing policy-driven approval and role-change reviews stops incorrect or stale authorization decisions from remaining in effect after job changes or terminations.

prevents

By tying access rights to identity, device, location and classification, the control reduces the likelihood that an authorization decision will be based on an incorrect or bypassed policy.

References