VDB-395174 · CVE-2026-75768 · GCVE-0-2026-75768

Adobe Substance 3D Painter up to 12.1.2 untrusted search path

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7.2	$0-$5k	0.95

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Adobe Substance 3D Painter up to 12.1.2. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-75768. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Substance 3D Painter up to 12.1.2. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:

Substance3D - Painter is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-75768 since 08/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. 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 08/25/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1574 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 12.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Adobe

Name

Substance 3D Painter

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.8
CNA Vector (adobe): 🔒

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Substance 3D Painter 12.1.3

Timelineinfo

08/18/2026 CVE reserved
08/25/2026 +7 days Advisory disclosed
08/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-75768 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-75768
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-395174

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2026 20:15
Changes: 08/25/2026 20:15 (62)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103