CVE-2026-48442 PUBLISHED

CAI Content Credentials | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

Assigner: adobe
Reserved: 21.05.2026 Published: 11.08.2026 Updated: 11.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor Adobe
Product Content Credentials Rust SDK
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to c2pa-v0.90.5 (incl.)
  • Version c2pa-v0.90.6 is unaffected
Vendor Adobe
Product Content Credentials Command-Line Tool
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to c2patool-v0.27.5 (incl.)
  • Version c2patool-v0.27.6 is unaffected
Vendor Adobe
Product Content Credentials JS SDK
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to @contentauth/c2pa-web@0.12.0 (incl.)
  • Version @contentauth/c2pa-web@0.12.1 is unaffected

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) CWE