CVE-2026-21280

Summary

Illustrator versions 29.8.3, 30.0 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file and scope is changed.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
AdobeIllustrator Desktop 20260 <= 30.0affected
AdobeIllustrator Desktop 202630.1unaffected
AdobeIllustrator Desktop 20250 <= 29.8.3affected
AdobeIllustrator Desktop 202529.8.4unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References