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Plain-English summary
A flaw in Adobe’s Content Credentials SDKs can crash applications that process invalid input, interrupting service without user interaction. The supplied assessment rates it medium severity because impact is limited to availability; no confidentiality or integrity loss is identified.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for production services that automatically process externally supplied media or credentials. Treat isolated developer tooling as lower urgency. Schedule the update promptly, with faster action where crashes could disrupt customer-facing or operationally critical services.
Technical view
Improper input validation (CWE-20) affects c2pa-web 0.7.0 and c2pa Rust 0.78.2 and earlier. Crafted or malformed input may terminate the consuming application. CVSS 3.1 is 6.2 with local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, and high availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure exists where applications deploy the affected JavaScript or Rust SDK versions and process untrusted Content Credentials data. The local CVSS vector does not establish direct remote exploitation. Internet-facing services may still face operational risk if external content reaches affected processing paths.
Exploitation context
The bundle reports no CISA KEV listing and provides no evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires no user interaction, but the local attack vector indicates that attacker access or an application-specific input path is required. Exact triggering conditions are not supplied.
Researcher notes
The bundle names affected versions through c2pa-web 0.7.0 and c2pa 0.78.2, while its version ranges indicate corrected boundaries of 0.7.1 and 0.80.1. Confirm package naming and release applicability against Adobe’s advisory. No root cause detail, proof of concept, or observed exploitation is provided.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade the JavaScript SDK to 0.7.1 or later, following Adobe’s advisory.
- Upgrade the Rust SDK to 0.80.1 or later, following Adobe’s advisory.
- Restrict untrusted Content Credentials input until updated deployments are verified.
- Monitor affected services for crashes, restarts, and repeated processing failures.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployed c2pa-web and c2pa Rust versions, including transitive dependencies.
- Confirm lockfiles, build artifacts, and production deployments contain corrected versions.
- Test that malformed Content Credentials input fails safely without terminating the application.
- Review crash telemetry for failures involving Content Credentials processing.
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.2 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.53.6adobeVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.2MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/content-authenticity-sdk/apsb26-53.htmlCVE reference, adobe · vendor-advisory
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Improper Input Validation
Improper Input Validation represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.