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CVE-2026-48408

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Description

Lightroom Classic is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-11 18:17:30.320000
Last modified
2026-10-23 19:10:00.167000
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T19:10:00.167",
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