CVE-2026-48275 (GCVE-0-2026-48275)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 21:16 – Updated: 2026-07-15 10:41
VLAI
Title
Illustrator | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Summary
Illustrator is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Illustrator Desktop 2026 Affected: 0 , ≤ 30.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 30.6 (semver)
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Adobe Illustrator Desktop 2025 Affected: 0 , ≤ 29.8.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 29.8.9 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-07-14 17:00
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