CVE-2026-81986 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html

History

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		Acrobat Reader \| Use After Free (CWE-416)
Weaknesses		CWE-416
References		https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2026-09-08T20:30:59.888Z

Updated: 2026-09-09T09:54:41.105Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T21:20:45.366Z

Link: CVE-2026-81986

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T09:51:15.369Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-08T21:18:45.230

Modified: 2026-09-09T10:22:26.633

Link: CVE-2026-81986

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T09:15:07Z

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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