Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Adobe Photoshop for Windows

published 2020-10-21 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-17140

cvss: 7.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Photoshop for Windows version 21.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element 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.

Patch / fix

links 1

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb20-63.html advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Adobe Photoshop

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/photoshop/apsb20-63.html
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-24420
NVD CVE-2020-24420

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