Adobe Illustrator < 29.8.9 / 30.0 < 30.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB26-79)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 326763

Synopsis

The Adobe Illustrator instance installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Illustrator installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 29.8.9, 30.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB26-79 advisory.

- Illustrator is affected by an Improper Input Validation 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. Scope is changed. (CVE-2026-48334)

- Illustrator is affected by an Untrusted Search Path 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. Scope is changed. (CVE-2026-48275)

- Illustrator is affected by an out-of-bounds write 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. (CVE-2026-48335, CVE-2026-48336, CVE-2026-48337)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Illustrator version 29.8.9, 30.6 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb26-79.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 326763

File Name: adobe_illustrator_apsb26-79.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/14/2026

Updated: 7/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.11

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-48334

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:illustrator

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Adobe Illustrator, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-48275, CVE-2026-48334, CVE-2026-48335, CVE-2026-48336, CVE-2026-48337

CWE: 20, 426, 787