Adobe Lightroom Classic up to 15.4.1 path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Lightroom Classic up to 15.4.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-48441. 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 Lightroom Classic up to 15.4.1. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation 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:

Lightroom Classic 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 requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-48441 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. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 339065 (Adobe Lightroom Classic < 15.5 Multiple Arbitrary code execution (APSB26-94)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 15.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (339065) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-2773). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Adobe Creative Cloud

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• Adobe

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• Lightroom Classic

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• 15.4.0
• 15.4.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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