What is CVE-2019-7968?

CVE-2019-7968 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Cc, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-7968?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Adobe Photoshop Cc

CVE-2019-7968

Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a command injection vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-08-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.073 (94.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.073 · newest: 0.073 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Photoshop Cc — versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier
Adobe Photoshop Cc
Apple macOS
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb19-44.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7968?: CVE-2019-7968 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Cc, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-7968?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.