8.1High
Adobe Animate
CVE-2026-48349
Animate is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
What this means for your business
- It affects Adobe Animate. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.2% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 14% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Adobe Animate, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 8.1 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Assigned by
- psirt@adobe.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-07-14
- Last modified
- 2026-08-28
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Adobe Animate23.0.0 - 23.0.16, 24.0.0 - 24.0.14
- Apple Macosall versions
- Microsoft Windowsall versions
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.