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Plain-English summary
A flaw in Adobe’s Content Credentials SDKs can let an attacker consume enough computing resources to stop an application from responding. It affects specified older JavaScript and Rust releases. The supplied evidence indicates availability impact only, without reported confidentiality or integrity loss.
Executive priority
Treat as a normal-priority availability remediation, accelerated for business-critical or multi-tenant services using affected SDKs. The issue can interrupt service without user interaction, but supplied evidence does not show remote exploitation, data compromise, KEV inclusion, or active attacks.
Technical view
CVE-2026-34678 is a CWE-400 uncontrolled resource consumption issue affecting c2pa-web 0.7.0 and earlier and c2pa Rust 0.78.2 and earlier. Its CVSS 3.1 score is 6.2 with local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, and high availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure exists where applications use affected Content Credentials SDK versions and allow an attacker with the required local access to reach relevant content-processing functionality. Internet exposure alone does not establish exploitability because the published vector is local. The supplied sources do not identify particular operating systems, deployment patterns, or vulnerable processing paths.
Exploitation context
The CVSS vector indicates exploitation requires local access but no privileges or user interaction. Successful exploitation could exhaust resources and deny application service. The CVE is not listed as KEV in the supplied bundle, and no supplied source reports active exploitation or public weaponization.
Researcher notes
The bundle clearly identifies CWE-400, affected upper versions, and availability impact. Its affected-version structure also names @contentauth/c2pa-web 0.7.1 and c2pa 0.80.1 with default status unaffected, but the normalized fields are ambiguous. Confirm exact corrected-version boundaries against Adobe APSB26-53 before closing findings.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory applications using the JavaScript or Rust Content Credentials SDKs.
- Follow Adobe APSB26-53 guidance for corrected package versions and deployment requirements.
- Prioritize upgrading c2pa-web 0.7.0 and earlier deployments.
- Prioritize upgrading c2pa Rust 0.78.2 and earlier deployments.
- Apply appropriate resource limits and monitoring while upgrades are pending.
Validation and detection
- Inspect dependency manifests and lockfiles for affected SDK names and versions.
- Confirm deployed artifacts match the intended corrected dependency versions.
- Identify locally reachable workflows that process Content Credentials data.
- Review monitoring for unusual CPU, memory, or application-availability events.
- Conduct controlled resilience testing in staging after remediation.
Public sources used
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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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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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