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CVE-2024-20754: Lightroom Desktop | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

Lightroom Desktop versions 7.1.2 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products

• Adobe Lightroom Classic: before 7.2 — fixed in 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Lightroom Classic 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/lightroom/apsb24-17.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/lightroom/apsb24-17.html

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