{"id":"CVE-2026-113534","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-113534"],"related":[],"title":"Adobe After Effects: malicious file opens lets attacker run code","description":"After Effects is affected by an Improper Input Validation 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. Scope is changed.","summary":"Adobe After Effects has an improper input validation flaw. A victim who opens a malicious file can have arbitrary code run in the context of their user account.","severity":"high","cvss":8.6,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[{"name":"After Effects","fixed":["26.5.3","27.0"],"affected":"<= 26.5; <= 25.6.6","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["adobe-after-effects","creative-workstations","macos","other","user-interaction","windows"],"not_affected_if":[],"how_to_check":"In After Effects open Help > About After Effects (macOS: After Effects > About) or the Creative Cloud desktop app. Affected: 26.5 and earlier, and 25.6.6 and earlier. Fixed: 26.5.3 or 27.0.","fix":"Update Adobe After Effects to 27.0 (from the 27.x line) or 26.5.3 (from 26.x), or the newest version; 25.6.6 and earlier has no fixed 25.x build listed in the bulletin, so move to 26.5.3 or 27.0.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-10T21:18:45+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T21:46:10+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-10T21:47:49+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-10T21:59:08+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.9,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-10T21:47:49Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"local","title":"Adobe After Effects: malicious file opens lets attacker run code","impact":"high","summary":"Adobe After Effects has an improper input validation flaw. A victim who opens a malicious file can have arbitrary code run in the context of their user account.","audience":"businesses","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["adobe-after-effects","creative-workstations"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"Code runs as the logged-in user on the workstation","analyst_note":"Find Adobe's security bulletin for CVE-2026-113534 to get affected and fixed After Effects versions and the patch.","how_to_check":"- unknown","plain_action":"","product_name":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":[],"who_is_affected":"Teams that run Adobe After Effects on workstations and open project or media files from outside sources. 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Exploitation needs the victim to open the file (local attack vector, user interaction); code runs as that user. Teams that never open files from outside sources are at lower risk, and Adobe is not aware of exploitation in the wild.","tier":"B","verified":{"fix":{"at":"2026-11-10T21:59:08Z","by":"analyst","doc":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html","run_id":2896},"products":{"at":"2026-11-10T21:59:08Z","by":"analyst","doc":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html","run_id":2896},"how_to_check":{"at":"2026-11-10T21:59:08Z","by":"analyst","doc":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html","run_id":2896},"who_affected":{"at":"2026-11-10T21:59:08Z","by":"analyst","doc":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html","run_id":2896}},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":["aftereffects","effects"],"ptokens":["after","effects"],"labels":["adobeaftereffects","creativeworkstations","high","macos","other","userinteraction","windows"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-113534':13A,16A '-2026':12A,15A 'adob':1A 'after':17A 'attack':8A 'code':10A 'cve':11A,14A 'effect':3A 'effects':18A 'file':5A 'let':7A 'malici':4A 'open':6A 'run':9A","search_b":"'account':59B 'adob':20B,32B 'adobe-after-effect':19B 'arbitrari':50B 'code':51B 'context':55B 'creativ':24B 'creative-workst':23B 'effect':22B,34B 'file':47B 'flaw':40B 'improp':37B 'input':38B 'interact':30B 'maco':26B 'malici':46B 'open':44B 'run':52B 'user':29B,58B 'user-interact':28B 'valid':39B 'victim':42B 'window':31B 'workstat':25B","search_c":"'affect':63C 'arbitrari':74C,92C 'attack':85C 'chang':112C 'code':75C,93C 'context':79C 'could':71C,86C 'current':82C 'effect':61C 'execut':76C,91C 'exploit':87C,94C 'file':109C 'improp':66C 'input':67C 'interact':100C 'issu':97C 'malici':108C 'must':105C 'open':106C 'requir':98C 'result':72C 'scope':110C 'user':83C,99C 'valid':68C 'victim':104C 'vulner':69C,89C","cause_entry":null,"cause_path":null,"disclosures_checked_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-11-10T21:18:45+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"psirt@adobe.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-113534","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113534","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-10T21:18:45+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-10T21:18:45+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T21:46:10+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-10T21:46:10+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2026-113534:2896","url":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-10T21:59:08+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-10T21:59:08+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T21:59:08+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-10T21:59:08+00:00","note":"Read Adobe APSB26-100 (Nov 10 2026): affected/fixed versions, no exploitation known. No check written: version lives in the installed app, not in a repo.","cites":["https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html"]}],"documents":[{"id":119294,"url":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html","title":"Adobe APSB26-100: Security update available for Adobe After Effects","kind":"advisory","source":"analyst","publisher":null,"text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":null}],"disclosures":[],"exploit_sources":[],"notice":"Free to read, with fair use of about 60 pages a minute. For higher limits or API access: sales@infrastack.ai"}