Adobe Experience Manager File System Access pathname path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Adobe Experience Manager. Impacted is an unknown function of the component File System Access. The manipulation of the argument pathname leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-48310. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Experience Manager (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component File System Access. The manipulation of the argument pathname with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Experience Manager is affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended access scope. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.

The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-48310 since 05/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/15/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Content Management System

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• Adobe

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• Experience Manager

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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