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Adobe Content Credentials EUVDEUVD-2026-100746

| CVE-2026-100119 HIGH
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
2026-10-13 psirt@adobe.com GHSA-77qh-5xf8-3qpq
7.5
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
    Reach SDK input interface over network
  2. Delivery
    Submit crafted content-credential input
  3. Exploit
    Bypass improper input validation
  4. Execution
    Gain unauthorized write access
  5. Impact
    Tamper with content credentials integrity

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that a target application or service embed and invoke the Adobe CAI Content Credentials SDK to process or validate content credentials (C2PA provenance manifests) on attacker-supplied input, and that this input path be reachable by the attacker (network-reachable per AV:N). No authentication is required (PR:N) and no user interaction is needed (UI:N), so against a reachable, default SDK validation path exploitation is unauthenticated and automated. The principal limiting factors are deployment-specific: the vulnerable SDK version must be in use, the application must expose the content-credential parsing/validation path to untrusted input, and exact affected versions must be confirmed from Adobe APSB26-163; impact is confined to integrity/unauthorized write (no confidentiality or availability loss).

Impact

The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw with no user interaction, which would normally rank as a high-priority issue; however, the scored impact is narrow - integrity only (C:N/I:H/A:N), consistent with a security-feature bypass that grants unauthorized write access rather than full code execution or data theft. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, POC, or SSVC decision data was provided, so the exploitation-likelihood dimension cannot be quantified from this input. The absence of KEV and POC signals, combined with Adobe PSIRT as the sole reporter (vendor-discovered, not exploitation-driven), suggests this is currently a theoretical/responsibly-disclosed issue rather than an actively exploited one. Note a tag/description mismatch: the input Tags label this 'Authentication Bypass,' but the description and CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) describe a SECURITY FEATURE bypass yielding unauthorized write access - not an authentication bypass - so treat the raw 'high-CVSS unauthenticated' framing cautiously and verify the exact affected feature against Adobe advisory APSB26-163. Net: a genuine integrity-bypass flaw worth patching in affected deployments, but the limited product footprint and lack of exploitation signals keep it below the tier of ubiquitous-software critical bugs.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker submits specially crafted input to an application or service that uses the CAI Content Credentials SDK to parse or validate content credentials (C2PA provenance manifests). Because input validation is improper, the malformed input bypasses the intended security check and allows the attacker to perform an unauthorized write - for example, tampering with or injecting content-credential data that should have been rejected. No user interaction is required (UI:N), and per the CVSS vector no authentication is needed; no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026

Improper input validation in the Adobe CAI Content Credentials SDK lets remote attackers bypass a security feature and gain unauthorized write access to content-credential processing. The flaw is network-reachable, low-complexity, requires no authentication (PR:N) and no user interaction (UI:N), yielding a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5, but the scored impact is integrity-only (C:N/I:H/A:N) rather than code execution or data disclosure. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV; exploitation is contingent on a deployed application embedding the SDK and exposing its C2PA manifest parsing/validation path to attacker-supplied input.

RemediationAI

Apply the fix referenced in Adobe's security bulletin for Content Credentials SDK, APSB26-163 (https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/content-credentials-sdk/apsb26-163.html), which is the authoritative source for the patched SDK version - an exact fixed version number is not confirmed in the provided data, so verify it directly against the advisory. After upgrading, rebuild and redeploy every application or service that embeds or vendors the SDK, since the library is compiled or bundled into host products and patching the SDK package alone does not update already-built consumers. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, treat unverified credentials as untrusted: enforce strict schema and bounds validation on inbound C2PA manifests before they reach the SDK, reject manifests that fail structural validation, and isolate the validation path in a sandbox or low-privilege process so that bypass of the provenance check cannot translate into write access to protected data - the trade-off is added latency and the risk of rejecting legitimate-but-unusual manifests. Where the content-credential validation endpoint is not required to be publicly reachable, restrict it via network ACLs or an authenticated gateway (PR:N on the CVSS vector means the vulnerable code path itself imposes no authentication); this reduces exposure but does not fix the underlying validation defect. Log and alert on validation failures, as malformed-manifest attempts are the most likely signature of exploitation attempts against this flaw.

Affected VersionsENISA

Content Credentials Rust SDK 0 ≤c2pa-v0.90.15
C2PA Tool 0 ≤c2patool-v0.27.15
Content Credentials JS SDK 0 ≤@contentauth/c2pa-web@0.13.4

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability is an Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) defect in the Adobe Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) Content Credentials SDK, the library used to embed, read, and verify C2PA provenance manifests attached to digital content. C2PA manifests carry signed assertions and claim data that an application trusts to make provenance/authenticity decisions; when the SDK fails to validate malformed or crafted input before that data influences a trust or authorization decision, the result is a security-feature bypass that permits unauthorized write operations on the affected workflow. Because the root cause is insufficient input validation rather than memory corruption, SQL-style injection, or cryptographic key compromise, the scored impact stays integrity-only: no confidentiality or availability loss is assessed (C:N/I:H/A:N). The attack surface is the SDK's parsing/validation entry point, which is reached whenever a host application passes untrusted, network-supplied manifests into the library. No CPE identifiers were supplied in the source feed, so the precise affected product/version enumeration must be taken from Adobe APSB26-163 rather than from CPE matching; the practical eligibility condition is the presence of the vulnerable SDK version in an application that processes external content-credential input.

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Severity by source

Vendor (adobe) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Network-reachable SDK input path with no stated auth or interaction gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; impact is an integrity-only unauthorized write, so I:H with C:N/A:N.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).

CVSS VectorVendor: adobe

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

DescriptionCVE.org

CAI Content Credentials is affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized write access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Adobe CAI Content Credentials SDK contains an improper input validation vulnerability (CVE-2026-100119) that could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass security controls and gain unauthorized write access to content-credential processing. Organizations that have deployed applications embedding this SDK and exposing the C2PA manifest parsing/validation path to untrusted input are at risk of integrity compromises, potentially undermining trust in digital content credentials. While no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no vendor-released patch is available, leadership should prioritize mitigation efforts to protect content authenticity workflows.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include network segmentation to limit access to the SDK's C2PA parsing path, strict input validation and sanitization for any data processed by the SDK, deployment of WAF rules to block malicious payloads, disabling the SDK if not required, and enhanced monitoring for unauthorized write attempts to content-credential processing.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche developer provenance/C2PA SDK, limited production deployment footprint
Data Quality
5 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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.5%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

38
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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