Adobe Content Credentials Command-Line Tool resource consumption

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 5.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00+ |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Content Credentials Command-Line Tool, Content Credentials JS SDK and Content Credentials Rust SDK. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-48439. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Content Credentials Command-Line Tool, Content Credentials JS SDK and Content Credentials Rust SDK (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:
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 available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-48439 since 05/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/11/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
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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Product
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Resource consumptionCWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Timeline
05/21/2026 CVE reserved08/11/2026 Advisory disclosed
08/11/2026 VulDB entry created
08/11/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: helpx.adobe.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-48439 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-48439
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-388226
Entry
Created: 08/11/2026 19:21Changes: 08/11/2026 19:21 (50)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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