CVE-2026-103820 (GCVE-0-2026-103820)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-13 21:27 – Updated: 2026-10-14 14:53
VLAI
Title
CAI Content Credentials | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)
Summary
CAI Content Credential is affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could result in an arbitrary file system write. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to write to unauthorized files or directories outside of intended restrictions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must extract a maliciously crafted file.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-14 14:32 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)
Assigner
adobe CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 803 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Adobe Content Credentials Rust SDK Affected: 0 , ≤ c2pa-v0.90.15 (custom)
Unaffected: c2pa-v0.91.1 (custom)
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Adobe C2PA Tool Affected: 0 , ≤ c2patool-v0.27.15 (custom)
Unaffected: v0.28.1 (custom)
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Adobe Content Credentials JS SDK Affected: 0 , ≤ @contentauth/c2pa-web@0.13.4 (custom)
Unaffected: @contentauth/c2pa-web@0.15.3 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-10-13 17:00
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