Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Creative Cloud Desktop Application - CVE-2026-48344
Published: July 15, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU137666
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-48344
CWE-ID: CWE-367
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Creative Cloud Desktop Application when handling local operations on Windows. A local user can win a race condition to escalate privileges.
Affected software
Creative Cloud Desktop Application
How to mitigate CVE-2026-48344
Install security update from vendor's website.
Creative Cloud Desktop Application - update to 6.10.0.252.3