Adobe CAI Content Credentials resource consumption

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe CAI Content Credentials and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Content Credentials. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-48357. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe CAI Content Credentials (the affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Content Credentials. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

CAI Content Credentials is affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, resulting in an application denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-48357 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly 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 T1499 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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• Adobe

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• CAI Content Credentials

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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