CVE-2026-81996

Acrobat Reader | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Sep 8, 2026
Updated: Sep 9, 2026
Reserved: Aug 27, 2026

Description

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Adobe AcrobatAdobe	26.002.21900 and earlierAffected 26.002.21901Not affected
Acrobat ReaderAdobe	26.002.21900 and earlierAffected 26.002.21901Not affected
Acrobat 2024Adobe	24.001.30383 and earlierAffected 24.001.30429Not affected

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.htmlvendor-advisory

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