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CVE-2026-79909

high

Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Vendor / product: Adobe — acrobat

Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (psirt@adobe.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-08 21:18
Modified: 2026-09-10 15:40
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

adobe / acrobat ≥24.001.20604 <24.001.30429
adobe / acrobat_dc ≥15.008.20082 <26.002.21901
adobe / acrobat_reader_dc ≥15.008.20082 <26.002.21901

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

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

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC · record ↗

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