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CVE-2026-48388

HIGH
8.6
CVSS 3.1
Description
Adobe Photoshop Installer was affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability that could have resulted in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could have exploited this vulnerability by placing a malicious library in a directory searched by the installer. Exploitation of this issue required user interaction in that a victim must have been running the installer. Scope is changed.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-48388
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
adobe
Reserved
2026-05-21 15:28 UTC
Published
2026-07-28 17:46 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-28 19:35 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-427
CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Vendor / Product
Adobe / Adobe Photoshop Installer
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.6 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Adobe Adobe Photoshop Installer — 0 ≤ N/A
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-427 cna CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.6 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References (1)
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