CVE-2021-43017: Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application

Medium severity, CVSS 4.2. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by an Application denial of service vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop installer. An authenticated attacker with root privileges could leverage this vulnerability to achieve denial of service by planting a malicious file on the victim's local machine. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application: up to and including 5.5

Published 2021-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.