Adobe Creative Cloud up to 5.9.1 untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Creative Cloud up to 5.9.1. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-26358. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Creative Cloud up to 5.9.1 (Cloud Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Creative Cloud version 5.9.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute their own programs, access unauthorized data files, or modify configuration in unexpected ways. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. The problem extends to any type of critical resource that the application trusts.

The weakness was published 03/22/2023 as apsb23-21. It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-26358 since 02/22/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-30179). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/22/2023 🔍
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11/09/2025 +963 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb23-21
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-26358 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-26358
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223595
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/22/2023 21:19
Updated: 11/09/2025 13:42
Changes: 03/22/2023 21:19 (49), 04/13/2023 06:46 (10), 11/09/2025 13:42 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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