Adobe Premiere Pro: Untrusted search path allows arbitrary code execution
Summary
Adobe Premiere Pro (named Adobe Premiere in the CVE record) is affected by CVE-2026-48402, an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability (CWE-426). A local attacker who gets a victim to open a malicious file can make the application load an untrusted resource and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the current user. No privileges are required, but user interaction is.
Affected
- Adobe Premiere 26.5.2 and earlier (Windows and macOS)
- Adobe Premiere 25.6.6 and earlier (Windows and macOS)
Fixed in
- Adobe Premiere 26.5.3 (per Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-101)
- Adobe Premiere 27.0 (per Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-101)
- Mapping of the 25.6.6 line to 27.0 is based on the CNA record and should be verified against the advisory.
Workaround
Unknown. No vendor workaround was found; the update is the remedy.
Exploitation
- Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for the issues in APSB26-101, including this one.
- No public proof of concept was found in the sources reviewed.
Our recommendation
- Inventory all Premiere Pro installations and their exact versions.
- Update to the fixed versions listed in APSB26-101 as soon as possible.
- Until patched, do not open project or media files from untrusted sources.
- Prioritise creative and media teams that regularly open files from clients or freelancers.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-101 www.adobe.com
- CVE-2026-48402 mirror record cve.threatint.com
- Strix CVE-2026-48402 www.strix.ai
- OffSeq radar CVE-2026-48402 radar.offseq.com
- ZDI November 2026 security update review www.zerodayinitiative.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 11 Nov 2026, 02:03.
Original description (NVD)
Premiere Pro is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
NVD references (1)
Sources
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- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
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