CVE-2026-48388

Photoshop Installer | CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: July 28, 2026 at 05:46 PM UTC
Updated: October 23, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPhotoshop Installer

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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Technical Description
Source: cverecord
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.6HIGHadobe
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-427

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