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

Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 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: 2026-07-28 · updated 2026-10-23
Weakness: CWE-427

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 products

Adobe Photoshop Installer: all versions

References

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2360

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