CVE-2026-81996

Summary

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.

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-863: Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

References