Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessDeliver malicious file to victim
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ExploitVictim opens file in Photoshop
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ExecutionTrigger out-of-bounds write in parser
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code as current user
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, write limits
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a victim to open an attacker-crafted malicious file (image/project file) in a vulnerable Photoshop Desktop build (version ≤27.10 or ≤26.11.7); code executes only with the privileges of the current user. Limiting factors: mandatory user interaction (UI:R) and local attack vector (AV:L) mean there is no remote or network-triggered path and no automated mass exploitation - the attacker must socially engineer file delivery and opening. No special product configuration is required; default installations are affected. |
| Impact | The input CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 7.8) describes a local, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw that requires user interaction - consistent with a file-open attack rather than remote network exploitation. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The CVE is not listed in CISA KEV and no public exploit code is referenced, so this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The reliance on a victim opening a malicious file (UI:R) and the absence of KEV/POC signals substantially lowers real-world urgency relative to the 7.8 base score, which is driven by the high C/I/A impact of arbitrary code execution. This is a credible but not emergency priority: patch in normal cycles, prioritize endpoints where analysts/designers routinely open untrusted image files. Note the apparent tension between the 'RCE' tag and AV:L - this is code execution via a local malicious file, not remote network-triggered RCE; the AV:L vector is the authoritative signal. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious image or document file that triggers the out-of-bounds write when parsed and delivers it via email, download, or a shared asset repository. When a victim opens the file in a vulnerable Photoshop Desktop build (≤27.10 or ≤26.11.7), the memory corruption is leveraged to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. No public proof-of-concept is referenced at the time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026
An out-of-bounds write in Adobe Photoshop Desktop (builds up to and including 27.10, and the 26.x line up to and including 26.11.7) lets an attacker corrupt process memory and achieve arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user who opened the file. Exploitation is not remote: it requires a victim to open a crafted image or project file (CVSS 3.1 base 7.8, AV:L/PR:N/UI:R), so a successful attack depends on social engineering to deliver and convince the user to open the document. No confirmed active exploitation (not in CISA KEV) and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Apply the Photoshop update published in Adobe's security advisory APSB26-158 (https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/photoshop/apsb26-158.html) - patch available per vendor advisory; the exact fixed build numbers per branch were not independently confirmed from the supplied data, so verify the installed version after updating through the Creative Cloud desktop app or the Adobe update mechanism. Until every seat is patched, reduce exposure by treating Photoshop documents as untrusted input: prohibit opening PSD/PSB and other image files from email attachments, downloads, chat or removable media on production endpoints, and enforce that rule at the mail gateway, web proxy and endpoint content filter (trade-off: legitimate creative workflows involving external assets must be routed through a review or conversion step). Run Photoshop with standard, non-administrative user rights and consider OS sandboxing or an isolated/conversion host for untrusted files so that a successful write primitive only reaches the low-privilege user context (trade-off: some plugins, GPU acceleration or integrated workflows may break under stronger sandboxing). Ensure EDR/exploit mitigation features (ASLR, DEP/CFG, heap hardening) are enabled and that endpoint AV scans inbound files, since these raise the cost of turning the out-of-bounds write into reliable code execution. Because exploitation requires a user to open a malicious file, pair the technical fixes with user awareness messaging about unsolicited design files and enable file-extension and macro-style blocking policies for creative documents where feasible.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is classified as CWE-787, an out-of-bounds write, which is the classic memory-safety failure mode in C/C++ file-format parsers: a length, offset, or dimension field in a crafted document is trusted without adequate bounds validation, and data is written past the end of an allocated heap or stack buffer. In a desktop image/project editor such as Photoshop, the vulnerable surface is the file import/decoding pipeline (PSD/PSB and other supported raster or layered formats), where a malformed file can overwrite adjacent memory and hijack control flow. The assessed vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H reflects a local, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack with mandatory user interaction and high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact, with scope unchanged - code runs in the security context of the opening user rather than escaping to other components. No CPE strings were supplied with the intelligence, so affected products are pinned from the ENISA EUVD version data and the vendor advisory (APSB26-158) rather than from CPE matching.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L and UI:R because exploitation requires the user to open a malicious local file; PR:N as no prior authentication is needed; C/I/A:H reflect arbitrary code execution as the current user.
Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).
CVSS VectorVendor: adobe
DescriptionCVE.org
Photoshop Desktop is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Executive ViewAI
Adobe Photoshop Desktop (builds through 27.10 and the 26.x line through 26.11.7) contains an out-of-bounds write that allows a crafted image or project file to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user who opens it. Design, marketing, and any other teams that routinely open externally supplied Photoshop files are the primary exposure, and because no vendor patch is available, that exposure cannot be closed by remediation alone. The realistic attack path is a phishing-style delivery of a malicious file, so the organizational risk is concentrated in endpoints running Photoshop rather than in internet-facing infrastructure, but a compromise there yields the user's full access to shared drives, creative assets, and connected corporate services.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include opening untrusted Photoshop files only in a sandboxed or virtualized environment, running Photoshop under a standard (non-administrator) account, blocking or quarantining unsolicited image and project file attachments at the email and web gateway, disabling Explorer preview handlers for Photoshop file types, enforcing application allowlisting and EDR coverage on creative workstations, and restricting network and share access so a compromised user session cannot reach sensitive repositories.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
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.
Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
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EUVD-2026-100679
GHSA-gq7q-j5fm-c2xg
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