CVE-2026-21280

HIGH

Adobe Illustrator < 29.8.4 - Untrusted Search Path

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Illustrator versions 29.8.3, 30.0 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file and scope is changed.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (2)
adobe/illustrator 30.0
adobe/illustrator 29.0 - 29.8.4
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026