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CVE-2026-80161 (GCVE-0-2026-80161)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 20:30 – Updated: 2026-09-10 13:07
VLAI
Title
Acrobat Reader | Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') (CWE-843)
Summary
Acrobat Reader is affected by an Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-10 03:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') (CWE-843)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Adobe Adobe Acrobat Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.002.21900 (custom)
Unaffected: 26.002.21901 (custom)
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Adobe Acrobat Reader Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.002.21900 (custom)
Unaffected: 26.002.21901 (custom)
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Adobe Acrobat 2024 Affected: 0 , ≤ 24.001.30383 (custom)
Unaffected: 24.001.30429 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-09-08 17:00
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