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CVE-2026-49836

MediumCVSS 4.6 / 10
Published Sep 10, 2026·Last modified Sep 18, 2026
Affected Components(110)
psd-tools/psd-tools
1.9.3
psd-tools/psd-tools
1.9.16
psd-tools/psd-tools
1.10.2
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Description

psd-tools is a Python package for working with Adobe Photoshop PSD files. Prior to version 1.17.1, SmartObject.save() writes an embedded smart object to a path taken verbatim from the PSD file. Because that name is attacker-controlled and unsanitised, a tool that extracts embedded objects from an untrusted .psd can be made to write attacker-chosen bytes to an attacker-chosen path (absolute or ../-traversing), outside its intended output directory. A secondary issue in SmartObject.open() for external-kind smart objects allows the attacker-controlled fullPath descriptor to be used as an arbitrary file read path, enabling exfiltration of the read content to the controlled write destination. Both issues are fixed in v1.17.1.

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Risk Scores
Base Score
4.6

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights.

Threat Intelligence
1.0

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
0.19%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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