Adobe C2PA Tool resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe C2PA Tool, Content Credentials JS SDK and Content Credentials Rust SDK. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-100137. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe C2PA Tool, Content Credentials JS SDK and Content Credentials Rust SDK (version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. 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 adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-100137 since 09/25/2026. 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 10/13/2026). 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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• C2PA Tool
• Content Credentials JS SDK
• Content Credentials Rust SDK

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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