{"id":"CVE-2026-104349","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-104349"],"related":[],"title":"Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop: search path flaw runs code as the user","description":"Creative Cloud Desktop is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.","summary":"Creative Cloud Desktop loads a library or component from an uncontrolled search path. A low-privileged attacker who gets a victim to open a malicious file can run arbitrary code in the victim's user context.","severity":"high","cvss":7.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["creative-cloud-desktop","macos","other","windows"],"not_affected_if":["not-installed"],"how_to_check":"Unknown until Adobe's bulletin lists affected versions. Check the installed Creative Cloud Desktop version (Creative Cloud app > Help > About, or Windows Apps list / macOS Applications) and compare with the new Adobe bulletin once published.","fix":"Unknown: no Adobe bulletin with a fixed version found yet. Meanwhile update Creative Cloud Desktop via its built-in updater and avoid opening untrusted files.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-27T17:16:55+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-27T17:32:44+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-27T17:34:40+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-27T17:40:19+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.5,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-27T17:34:40Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"local","title":"Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop: search path flaw runs code as the user","impact":"high","summary":"Creative Cloud Desktop loads a library or component from an uncontrolled search path. A low-privileged attacker who gets a victim to open a malicious file can run arbitrary code in the victim's user context.","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["creative-cloud-desktop","windows","macos"],"confidence":0.6,"needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Attacker runs code as the logged-in user on the machine","analyst_note":"Check Adobe's security bulletin for affected and fixed Creative Cloud Desktop versions and the platforms named, since the NVD entry alone lacks them.","how_to_check":"unknown","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Machines with Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop installed. Exposure depends on the user opening an attacker-supplied file, so managed machines with no Creative Cloud install can skip it. The sources do not list affected or fixed Creative Cloud Desktop versions.","user_interaction":"yes","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"unknown"},"cost_usd":0.000553,"input_tokens":3329,"output_tokens":440,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":"done","analyst_note":"Check Adobe's security bulletin for affected and fixed Creative Cloud Desktop versions and the platforms named, since the NVD entry alone lacks them.","search":"'-104349':15A,18A '-2026':14A,17A 'adob':1A 'affect':67C 'arbitrari':55B,79C,100C 'attack':43B,93C 'cloud':3A,21B,27B,64C 'code':9A,56B,80C,101C 'compon':33B 'context':62B,84C 'could':76C,94C 'creativ':2A,20B,26B,63C 'creative-cloud-desktop':19B 'current':87C 'cve':13A,16A 'desktop':4A,22B,28B,65C 'element':73C 'execut':81C,99C 'exploit':95C,102C 'file':52B,117C 'flaw':7A 'get':45B 'interact':108C 'issu':105C 'librari':31B 'load':29B 'low':41B,91C 'low-privileg':40B,90C 'maco':23B 'malici':51B,116C 'must':113C 'open':49B,114C 'path':6A,38B,72C 'privileg':42B,92C 'requir':106C 'result':77C 'run':8A,54B 'search':5A,37B,71C 'uncontrol':36B,70C 'user':12A,61B,88C,107C 'victim':47B,59B,112C 'vulner':74C,97C 'window':25B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Machines with Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop installed. Exposure depends on the user opening an attacker-supplied file, so managed machines with no Creative Cloud install can skip it. The sources do not list affected or fixed Creative Cloud Desktop versions.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-27T17:16:55+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"psirt@adobe.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-104349","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104349","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-27T17:16:55+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-27T17:16:55+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-27T17:32:44+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-27T17:32:44+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2026-104349:907","url":null,"severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-27T17:40:19+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-27T17:40:19+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-27T17:40:19+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-27T17:40:19+00:00","note":"Adobe bulletin for this CVE not yet found (published today; Adobe's index/Creative Cloud product page list only APSB26-77 from July, which covers different CVEs 48272/48344, Windows, no user interaction; not applied here). Versions/fix unknown; recheck the Adobe Creative Cloud security page (helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud.html) for a new APSB. NVD CVSS 7.3 AV:L/UI:R by Adobe PSIRT; no exploitation or PoC found."}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}