High severity · published Jan 13, 2026
CVE-2026-21280
Illustrator | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
8.6
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ID
Illustrator Desktop 2025 · Adobe
through 29.8.3 · source: vendor
ID
Illustrator Desktop 2026 · Adobe
through 30.0 · source: vendor
IL
Illustrator · Adobe
29.0 before 29.8.4; 30.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
ID
Illustrator Desktop 2025
Adobe
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