CVE-2025-21127

Code execution via manipulated library search path

Published Jan 14, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Uncontrolled library search in Adobe Photoshop 2024 25.12 and Photoshop 2025 26.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code. The application honors an attacker-manipulated search-path environment variable when resolving a library, loading malicious code from the substituted location. The attacker needs local access to alter the environment and must induce a victim to launch Photoshop; loaded code runs with that user's privileges.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability0.29%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled library search in Adobe Photoshop 2024 25.12 and Photoshop 2025 26.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code. The application honors an attacker-manipulated search-path environment variable when resolving a library, loading malicious code from the substituted location. The attacker needs local access to alter the environment and must induce a victim to launch Photoshop; loaded code runs with that user's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-21127
Published
Jan 14, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Adobe Photoshop
Classifications
CWE-427, T1574.007
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=26.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Adobe · Adobe Photoshopversion=0 <=26.1

Published CVSS scores

7.3AdobeCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
T1574.007Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable

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