High severity · published Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-48442
CAI Content Credentials | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)
7.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
Content Credentials Command-Line Tool · Adobe
through c2patool-v0.27.5 · source: vendor
CC
Content Credentials JS SDK · Adobe
through @contentauth/c2pa-web@0.12.0 · source: vendor
CC
Content Credentials Rust SDK · Adobe
through c2pa-v0.90.5 · source: vendor
C2
C2pa · Adobe
before 0.90.6 · source: NVD
C2
C2pa-web · Adobe
before 0.12.1 · source: NVD
C2
C2patool · Adobe
before 0.27.6 · source: NVD
Affected product
CC
Content Credentials Command-Line Tool
Adobe
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48442
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48442
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/content-authenticity-sdk/apsb26-111.html
More from Content Credentials Command-Line Tool
8.2
CVE-2026-48290
CAI Content Credentials | Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918)
7.5
CVE-2026-75632
CAI Content Credentials | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
7.5
CVE-2026-19480
CAI Content Credentials | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
7.5
CVE-2026-48438
CAI Content Credentials | NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
7.5
CVE-2026-48439
CAI Content Credentials | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
