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CVE-2026-48442 (GCVE-0-2026-48442)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 16:59 – Updated: 2026-08-11 16:59

Title

CAI Content Credentials | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

Summary

CAI Content Credentials is affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could result in a Arbitrary file system read. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain unauthorized read access to files or directories outside the intended restrictions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.

Severity

7.1 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

Assigner

adobe

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/content…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Adobe	Content Credentials Rust SDK	Affected: 0 , ≤ c2pa-v0.90.5 (custom) Unaffected: c2pa-v0.90.6 (custom)
Adobe	Content Credentials Command-Line Tool	Affected: 0 , ≤ c2patool-v0.27.5 (custom) Unaffected: c2patool-v0.27.6 (custom)
Adobe	Content Credentials JS SDK	Affected: 0 , ≤ @contentauth/c2pa-web@0.12.0 (custom) Unaffected: @contentauth/c2pa-web@0.12.1 (custom)

Date Public

2026-08-11 17:00

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GHSA-H597-3G4M-44QJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-11 18:30 – Updated: 2026-08-11 18:30

Details

Severity

7.1 (High)


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

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  "modified": "2026-08-11T18:30:57Z",
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-48442 (GCVE-0-2026-48442)

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