Adobe Campaign Classic: flaw lets attackers run commands on the server
A weakness in Adobe Campaign Classic lets someone with a basic user account run their own commands on the computer hosting it. No one else has to click anything for this to happen.
| Severity | CriticalCVSS 9.9 of 10 |
|---|---|
| Being exploited? | UnclearNo reports either way yet |
| Fix available? | UnclearNo fixed version published in the sources yet |
| How sure is this? | Official, 2 sourcesBacked by an official source |
How the attack works simplified
- 1Low-privileged attackerHas a basic account on the system
- 2Crafted inputInput is not sanitized before use
- 3OS command runsApplication passes input to the operating system
- 4Arbitrary code runsRuns as the application's current user
- ResultAttacker runs code on the server
What happened
Adobe Campaign Classic (ACC) has an OS command injection flaw (CWE-78), where input is not properly sanitized before being passed to the operating system, allowing arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The advisory notes the scope is changed.
Are you affected?
You are affected if you run Adobe Campaign Classic (ACC) on a server where low-privileged users or untrusted parties can reach the application.
Adobe Campaign Classic (ACC) - specific versions unknown from the provided material.
What to do
- Check Adobe's security bulletin for the ACC patch and apply the fixed version as soon as possible
- Restrict network access to ACC servers to trusted users and systems until patched
- Review ACC accounts and remove unneeded low-privilege access
- Monitor the server for unexpected commands or processes spawned by the ACC application
Timeline
- 27 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTCPublicly disclosed
- 27 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTCReported by NVD · NVD
- 27 Oct 2026, 17:20 UTCPicked up by Zero Radar
- 27 Oct 2026, 20:35 UTCGitHub Advisory reported on it · GitHub Advisory
Sources 2 reports, oldest first
Official vendor, government CERT or advisory database
- CVE-2026-104353NVD · 27 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- Adobe Campaign Classic (ACC) is affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used...GitHub Advisory · 27 Oct 2026, 18:31 UTC
Technical details
- ID
- CVE-2026-104353 · GHSA-8ghg-r6p6-hw6m
- CVSS
- 9.9 / 10
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation within 30 days
- Disclosed
- 27 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- On Zero Radar
- 27 Oct 2026, 17:20 UTC (4 min after disclosure)
- Last change
- 27 Oct 2026, 20:35 UTC
The plain-language parts and the attack diagram were written by an AI model (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5) from the sources above. Facts like versions, exploitation and dates come from the sources themselves. How Zero Radar works