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CVE-2026-48441

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Description

Lightroom Classic is affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended access scope. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.6 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-11 18:17:32.457000
Last modified
2026-10-23 19:10:00.167000
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