CVE-2026-48388 HIGH

CVE-2026-48388: Photoshop Installer | CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Vendor Adobe
Product Adobe Photoshop Installer
Weakness CWE-427
Published July 28, 2026
Last update July 28, 2026

CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 28, 2026 CVE published