CVE-2026-71360: Adobe CAI Content Credentials uncontrolled resource consumption

CVE-2026-71360 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2026-08-25

Adobe's Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) Content Credentials component is vulnerable to a resource exhaustion attack that can crash the application. An attacker can trigger this vulnerability remotely without requiring user interaction, potentially disrupting services that rely on content authentication and credential verification.

Technologies: Adobe C2pa, Adobe C2patool, Adobe Content Credentials. Vendors: Adobe.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-71360 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-71360 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-71360?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 25 August 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Adobe Content Credentials.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-71360?
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-2026-71360 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-71360?
Check whether you run Adobe C2pa, Adobe C2patool or Adobe Content Credentials. 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 uncontrolled resource consumption issue (CWE-400) in the CAI Content Credentials component. The vulnerability allows an attacker to exhaust system resources such as memory or CPU by sending crafted requests, leading to a denial-of-service condition. The attack is network-reachable and requires no user interaction or prior authentication. Exploitation results in application unavailability. A patch should be available from Adobe's security advisory APSB26-110.

Affected products

  • Adobe Content Credentials

Timeline

  • 2026-08-25: disclosed

References

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