# CVE-2026-48388 — Adobe Photoshop Installer

> As of 2026-08-26, CVE-2026-48388 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Installer, CVSS v3.1 8.6, EPSS 0.3% (21.3th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-48388, most recently “Cisco Talos disclosure: Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, and Foxit vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-48388, CVE-2026-57256, CVE-2026-91799, CVE-2026-50475, CVE-2026-58613, CVE-2026-80093, CVE-2026-49177)”.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-26

## What is CVE-2026-48388?

Adobe Photoshop Installer was affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability that could have resulted in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could have exploited this vulnerability by placing a malicious library in a directory searched by the installer. Exploitation of this issue required user interaction in that a victim must have been running the installer. Scope is changed.

The record classifies CVE-2026-48388 under weakness class [CWE-427](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-427). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 74 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 8.6 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.3% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 5.2/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-07-28, last modified 2026-08-26

## Is CVE-2026-48388 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 22 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Adobe](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/adobe): Photoshop Installer

## How to fix CVE-2026-48388

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-48388 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-48388

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-48388, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Cisco Talos disclosure: Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, and Foxit vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-48388, CVE-2026-57256, CVE-2026-91799, CVE-2026-50475, CVE-2026-58613, CVE-2026-80093, CVE-2026-49177)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-3011) — HIGH · 2026-10-07

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

- [cwe.mitre.org](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-48388
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-48388 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp