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Adobe Bridge EUVDEUVD-2026-100622

| CVE-2026-100126 MEDIUM
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
2026-10-13 psirt@adobe.com GHSA-rrx9-xx2p-39r6
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: adobe
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Deliver malicious file to victim
  2. Exploit
    Victim opens file in Adobe Bridge
  3. Execution
    Parser triggers out-of-bounds read
  4. Impact
    Adjacent process memory disclosed

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to open an attacker-supplied malicious file in Adobe Bridge (UI:R) on a system running a vulnerable version (Adobe Bridge ≤15.1.8 or ≤16.0.7); it is a local vector (AV:L), not a network-triggered or server-side flaw. The key limiting factor is this mandatory user interaction - the attacker cannot trigger the parser remotely and must socially engineer the victim into opening the crafted file. No authentication or elevated privileges are needed by the attacker (PR:N), and the impact is limited to information disclosure, so there is no code execution or integrity/availability effect from this issue alone.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity information disclosure flaw (CVSS 5.5) in Adobe Bridge, reported through Adobe PSIRT (APSB26-167). The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N is internally consistent with the description: AV:L plus UI:R reflects that exploitation is not remote-over-network but requires a victim to locally open a malicious file, and the impact is confined to confidentiality (C:H / I:N / A:N), matching the out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) that discloses memory. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC reference is present in the supplied data, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The combination of a required-user-interaction, local-only vector with no exploit signals places this well below drop-everything priority: it is a high-CVSS-for-its-class memory disclosure but a low-real-world-urgency issue absent any exploitation evidence. Note one caveat: the input Tags include 'Buffer Overflow', which conflicts with the description and CWE-125 (an out-of-bounds READ, not a write/overflow) - treat the tag as imprecise and rely on the CWE. Patch priority should follow normal Adobe Patch Tuesday cadence rather than emergency response.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malformed document (e.g., an image or metadata file that Bridge parses) and delivers it to a victim via email, download, or a shared asset library. When the victim opens the file in Adobe Bridge, the parser reads past an allocated buffer boundary, and the leaked adjacent memory - potentially containing sensitive data such as pointers or document fragments - is disclosed to the attacker. No public proof-of-concept is identified in the provided data, and exploitation cannot occur without the victim opening the malicious file.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026

An out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) in Adobe Bridge allows disclosure of sensitive memory contents when a victim opens a specially crafted file in the application. Affected releases are Adobe Bridge 15.1.8 and earlier and 16.0.7 and earlier (per EUVD); the flaw is locally triggered (AV:L), requires no attacker authentication (PR:N), but mandates user interaction (UI:R) since the victim must open the malicious file, and its impact is limited to confidentiality (C:H with no integrity or availability effect) for a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis, and Adobe's PSIRT published advisory APSB26-167 for this issue.

RemediationAI

Patch availability is not confirmed from the supplied intelligence; the authoritative source for fixed builds is Adobe's advisory APSB26-167 (https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/bridge/apsb26-167.html) and the NVD record at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100126 - consult these for the exact patched version before scheduling upgrades, and treat any Bridge install at 15.1.8 or below, or 16.0.7 or below, as vulnerable in the interim. Because exploitation requires the victim to open an attacker-supplied file (UI:R) on a local system, the strongest compensating controls are exposure-reduction measures: block or quarantine untrusted file attachments at the email/web gateway and instruct users not to open files from unverified sources; disable automatic thumbnail/preview and metadata generation for untrusted directories where feasible (trade-off: reduced preview functionality and slower asset browsing); and restrict Bridge's file-type associations so unusual formats are not auto-opened. Where the enterprise policy allows, run Bridge inside an OS-level sandbox or a standard, non-privileged user account with controlled file-system access, and keep Endpoint Detection and Response tooling alerting on Bridge spawning or reading from unexpected paths - noting that sandboxing can break integrations with Creative Cloud libraries and third-party plugins. Application allowlisting and hardening against malformed-document lures (macro-free, preview-limited workflows) further reduce the chance that a crafted file reaches the parser at all.

Affected VersionsENISA

Adobe Bridge 0 ≤15.1.8
Adobe Bridge 0 ≤16.0.7

Affected Packages

euvd adobe_bridge no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Adobe Bridge is a digital asset management and file-browsing application that routinely parses a wide range of image, document, and container formats - including embedded thumbnails, previews, and XMP metadata - in order to render its content workspace. The defect is an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125), meaning a parser reads beyond the bounds of an allocated buffer while processing a malformed file, returning adjacent heap or stack memory to the caller. In a disclosure scenario the out-of-bounds bytes can surface through the application's rendering or metadata extraction path, leaking memory contents such as pointers, configuration strings, or other in-process data that could aid further attacks. The vulnerability class is memory-safety corruption, but unlike a write-based overflow the assessed impact is information disclosure only - the CVSS vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N indicates a local attack path and no integrity or availability loss. The exploitable surface is the file parser, so the practical attack model is file-based social engineering rather than a remote or server-side trigger; the only affected platforms are those running the vulnerable Adobe Bridge builds (15.1.8 and earlier, 16.0.7 and earlier) tracked under EUVD-2026-100622.

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Severity by source

Vendor (adobe) PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.5 MEDIUM

AV:L and UI:R because a victim must locally open a malicious file; PR:N as no attacker privileges are needed; C:H with I:N/A:N as an out-of-bounds read only discloses memory.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).

CVSS VectorVendor: adobe

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Bridge is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 96% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Creative Cloud asset manager; common among design teams, not universal
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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