CVE-2026-48441 is a path traversal vulnerability in Adobe Lightroom Classic caused by improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory. The flaw affects Lightroom Classic versions 15.2, 15.2.1, 15.3, 15.3.1, 15.4, and 15.4.1. By inducing a victim to open a malicious file, an attacker can cause the application to access files and directories outside the intended access scope, resulting in arbitrary file system read. Adobe indicates that exploitation requires user interaction and that the vulnerability has changed scope.
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A high-severity Adobe Lightroom Classic vulnerability that can allow malicious code to reach systems.
A path traversal vulnerability in Adobe Lightroom Classic that can allow arbitrary file system read when a user opens a malicious file.
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