CVE-2026-81994

Summary

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended access scope. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
AdobeAdobe Acrobat0 <= 26.002.21900affected
AdobeAdobe Acrobat26.002.21901unaffected
AdobeAcrobat Reader0 <= 26.002.21900affected
AdobeAcrobat Reader26.002.21901unaffected
AdobeAcrobat 20240 <= 24.001.30383affected
AdobeAcrobat 202424.001.30429unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') (CWE-1321)

References