CVE-2026-21280 (GCVE-0-2026-21280)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 18:41 – Updated: 2026-02-26 15:04
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Title
Illustrator | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Summary
Illustrator versions 29.8.3, 30.0 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, 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 and scope is changed.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Illustrator Affected: 0 , ≤ 30.0 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-01-13 17:00
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