Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in CAI Content Credentials Leads to DoS
CVE-2026-48443 Published on August 11, 2026
CAI Content Credentials | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
CAI Content Credentials is affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, resulting in an application denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-48443 can be exploited with local system access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2026-48443 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Affected Versions
Adobe Content Credentials Rust SDK:- Before and including c2pa-v0.90.5 is affected.
- Version c2pa-v0.90.6 is unaffected.
- Before and including c2patool-v0.27.5 is affected.
- Version c2patool-v0.27.6 is unaffected.
- Before and including @contentauth/c2pa-web@0.12.0 is affected.
- Version @contentauth/c2pa-web@0.12.1 is unaffected.