CVE-2026-48388CWE-427

CVE-2026-48388

High · published July 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
22.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00305 · 22.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2026-07-28T22:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
adobe/photoshop_installerall versions—
References (2)
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html · [email protected]https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2360 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 JUL 17:46Z
    Photoshop Installer | CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
    cvelistv5