Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-48404 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-48404 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-48404?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 11 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Adobe Lightroom Classic.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-48404?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-48404 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-48404?
- Check whether you run Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Lightroom Classic or Microsoft Windows. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write in Adobe Lightroom Classic that arises from improper input validation or buffer handling, likely during file parsing or processing. Exploitation requires user interaction—specifically, the victim must open a malicious file crafted to trigger the out-of-bounds write condition. A successful exploit results in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2026-48404 with a CVSS score of 7.8 (high severity), and no active exploitation in the wild has been reported as of the advisory date.
Affected products
- Adobe Lightroom Classic
Timeline
- 2026-08-11: disclosed