Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop: TOCTOU Race Enables Arbitrary Code Exec
CVE-2026-48344 Published on July 14, 2026
GoCart | Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)
Creative Cloud Desktop is affected by a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-48344 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a TOCTTOU Vulnerability?
The software checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the software to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. This weakness can be security-relevant when an attacker can influence the state of the resource between check and use. This can happen with shared resources such as files, memory, or even variables in multithreaded programs.
CVE-2026-48344 has been classified to as a TOCTTOU vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-48344
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Affected Versions
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop:- Before and including 6.9.1.1 is affected.
- Version 6.10.0.252.3 is unaffected.