CVE-2026-48441

HIGHPre-NVD 8.68.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Lightroom Classic is affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended access scope. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.

CVSS v3
8.6
EG Score
8.6(high)
EG Risk
39(Track)
EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity86% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48441(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 48× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 02:57 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 02:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 14:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 00:53 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 00:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 12:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 23:07 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-18 23:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-18 10:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 21:26 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 21:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-17 08:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 19:45 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-16 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-16 06:54 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-16 06:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-15 18:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 05:13 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-15 05:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-14 16:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-14 03:31 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-14 03:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-13 14:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-13 10:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-12 21:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-12 18:19 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-12 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-12 05:29 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-12 05:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-12 04:20 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-12 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-11 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-11 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-11 19:01 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-11 19:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-11 18:37 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-11 18:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-11 18:04 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-11 18:00 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48441?
CVE-2026-48441 is a high vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. Lightroom Classic is affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended access scope.…
When was CVE-2026-48441 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48441 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on August 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48441 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48441 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 90.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48441?
CVE-2026-48441 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48441?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48441, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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