# CVE-2026-76194: CAI Content Credentials | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

> Attackers can bypass security measures to gain unauthorized write access via malicious URLs, affecting Adobe Content Credentials tools.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 22 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8qx7-vffr-q74m

## What is CVE-2026-76194?

CVE-2026-76194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe C2pa, published on 22 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

CAI Content Credentials is affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized limited write access. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a maliciously crafted URL or interact with a compromised web page.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-76194?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Adobe C2pa, Adobe C2patool.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-76194?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-76194 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-76194 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76194 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe C2pa

- [CVE-2026-95634](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-95634/): CAI Content Credentials | Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918) (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2026-48290](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48290/): CAI Content Credentials | Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918) (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2026-100113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-100113/): CAI Content Credentials | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-100114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-100114/): CAI Content Credentials | Improper Access Control (CWE-284) (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-100115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-100115/): CAI Content Credentials | Improper Access Control (CWE-284) (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-76194 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-76194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe C2pa, published on 22 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76194 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe C2pa. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76194/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76194/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76194
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76194
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-76194

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76194/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.