CVE-2026-21280

Illustrator | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

State
Published
Severity
8.6 High
Published
Jan 13, 2026
Updated
Aug 27, 2026
Reserved
Dec 12, 2025

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hadobe

Weaknesses

  • CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Illustrator Desktop 2026Adobe
  • 30.0 and earlierAffected
  • 30.1Not affected
Illustrator Desktop 2025Adobe
  • 29.8.3 and earlierAffected
  • 29.8.4Not affected

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