What is CVE-2026-48429?
Substance3D - Designer is affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
The record classifies CVE-2026-48429 under weakness class CWE-476. 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 availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 79 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 5.5 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.1% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 3.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-08-25
Is CVE-2026-48429 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 27 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Adobe: Substance 3D Designer
How to fix CVE-2026-48429
Vendor advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_designer/apsb26-115.html. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-48429
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-48429, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS.