Photoshop Installer | CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

published 2026-04-15 6 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also EUVD-2026-23017

cvss: 8.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Photoshop Installer was affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability that could have resulted in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could have exploited this vulnerability by placing a malicious library in a directory searched by the installer. Exploitation of this issue required user interaction in that a victim must have been running the installer. Scope is changed.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 6 mo ago (2026-04-15)

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

talosintelligence.com https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2274 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Adobe Adobe Photoshop Installer

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2274
exploit, third-party-advisory
cwe.mitre.org /data/definitions/427.html
technical-description

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-34632
NVD CVE-2026-34632

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Summary