{"id":"CVE-2026-121352","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-121352"],"related":[],"title":"Adobe Connect: incorrect authorization lets attackers escalate privileges","description":"Adobe Connect is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive resources. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.","summary":"Adobe Connect has an Incorrect Authorization flaw (CWE-863) that a network attacker with no login and no user interaction can use to escalate privileges and reach sensitive resources (CVSS 10.0, scope changed). Adobe patched it on Nov 10 2026 in APSB26-191 and says it knows of no exploitation.","severity":"critical","cvss":10.0,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[{"name":"Adobe Connect","fixed":["12.12.a","12.11.i","12.10.f","12.9.a","12.8.a"],"affected":"<= 12.12 (Windows)","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["adobe-connect","self-hosted","unauthenticated","vendor","windows"],"not_affected_if":[],"how_to_check":"Check your Adobe Connect server version (Windows). If it is 12.12 or earlier and lacks the patch build for your branch (12.12.a, 12.11.i, 12.10.f, 12.9.a, 12.8.a), you are exposed. Adobe's bulletin lists Windows only; also check any other deployment you run.","fix":"Install the Adobe Connect patch for your branch (Windows): 12.12.a, 12.11.i, 12.10.f, 12.9.a or 12.8.a (APSB26-191, priority 2).","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-10T22:18:25+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T22:27:26+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-10T22:28:27+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-10T22:34:43+00:00","category":"vendor","confidence":0.85,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-10T22:28:27Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"unknown","title":"Adobe Connect: incorrect authorization lets attackers escalate privileges","impact":"high","summary":"Adobe Connect has an incorrect authorization flaw that lets an attacker gain privileges and reach sensitive resources they should not access. The attack needs no user interaction and the scope is changed, per NVD's CVSS 10.0 rating.","audience":"businesses","category":"vendor","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["adobe-connect"],"confidence":0.5,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"attacker gains privileges and unauthorized access to sensitive resources","analyst_note":"Find Adobe's security bulletin for CVE-2026-121352 to get affected versions, fixed versions and whether authentication is required.","how_to_check":"unknown","plain_action":"","product_name":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":[],"who_is_affected":"Organizations that run Adobe Connect for meetings and webinars are the ones exposed. The sources do not name affected versions or deployment modes, so whether a hosted or self-managed instance is in scope is unknown.","user_interaction":"no","product_ecosystem":"","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"critical"},"cost_usd":0.000675,"input_tokens":4544,"output_tokens":441,"severity_before":"critical"},"analyst_status":"done","analyst_note":"Find Adobe's security bulletin for CVE-2026-121352 to get affected versions, fixed versions and whether authentication is required.","search":"'-121352':11A,14A '-191':68B '-2026':10A,13A '-863':34B '10':64B '10.0':56B '2026':65B 'access':100C 'adob':1A,18B,26B,59B,76C 'adobe':15A 'adobe-connect':17B 'affect':79C 'apsb26':67B 'attack':6A,38B,92C 'author':4A,31B,83C 'chang':58B,115C 'connect':2A,16A,19B,27B,77C 'could':86C,93C 'cve':9A,12A 'cvss':55B 'cwe':33B 'escal':7A,49B,90C 'exploit':75B,94C,104C 'flaw':32B 'gain':98C 'host':22B 'incorrect':3A,30B,82C 'interact':45B,112C 'issu':107C 'know':72B 'let':5A 'login':41B 'network':37B 'nov':63B 'patch':60B 'privileg':8A,50B,89C 'reach':52B 'requir':110C 'resourc':54B,103C 'result':87C 'say':70B 'scope':57B,113C 'self':21B 'self-host':20B 'sensit':53B,102C 'unauthent':23B 'unauthor':99C 'use':47B 'user':44B,111C 'vendor':24B 'vulner':84C,96C 'window':25B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Organizations that run Adobe Connect for meetings and webinars are the ones exposed. The sources do not name affected versions or deployment modes, so whether a hosted or self-managed instance is in scope is unknown.","tier":"B","verified":{"fix":{"at":"2026-11-10T22:34:43Z","by":"analyst","doc":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/connect/apsb26-191.html","run_id":3001},"products":{"at":"2026-11-10T22:34:43Z","by":"analyst","doc":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/connect/apsb26-191.html","run_id":3001},"how_to_check":{"at":"2026-11-10T22:34:43Z","by":"analyst","doc":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/connect/apsb26-191.html","run_id":3001},"who_affected":{"at":"2026-11-10T22:34:43Z","by":"analyst","doc":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/connect/apsb26-191.html","run_id":3001}},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":["adobeconnect","connect"],"ptokens":["adobe","connect"],"labels":["adobeconnect","critical","selfhosted","unauthenticated","vendor","windows"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-121352':11A,14A '-2026':10A,13A 'adob':1A 'adobe':15A 'attack':6A 'author':4A 'connect':2A,16A 'cve':9A,12A 'escal':7A 'incorrect':3A 'let':5A 'privileg':8A","search_b":"'-191':68B '-863':34B '10':64B '10.0':56B '2026':65B 'adob':18B,26B,59B 'adobe-connect':17B 'apsb26':67B 'attack':38B 'author':31B 'chang':58B 'connect':19B,27B 'cvss':55B 'cwe':33B 'escal':49B 'exploit':75B 'flaw':32B 'host':22B 'incorrect':30B 'interact':45B 'know':72B 'login':41B 'network':37B 'nov':63B 'patch':60B 'privileg':50B 'reach':52B 'resourc':54B 'say':70B 'scope':57B 'self':21B 'self-host':20B 'sensit':53B 'unauthent':23B 'use':47B 'user':44B 'vendor':24B 'window':25B","search_c":"'access':100C 'adob':76C 'affect':79C 'attack':92C 'author':83C 'chang':115C 'connect':77C 'could':86C,93C 'escal':90C 'exploit':94C,104C 'gain':98C 'incorrect':82C 'interact':112C 'issu':107C 'privileg':89C 'requir':110C 'resourc':103C 'result':87C 'scope':113C 'sensit':102C 'unauthor':99C 'user':111C 'vulner':84C,96C","cause_entry":null,"cause_path":null,"disclosures_checked_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-11-10T22:18:25+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","cvss_by":"psirt@adobe.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-121352","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-121352","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-10T22:18:25+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-10T22:18:25+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T22:27:26+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-10T22:27:26+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2026-121352:3001","url":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/connect/apsb26-191.html","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-10T22:34:43+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-10T22:34:43+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T22:34:43+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-10T22:34:43+00:00","note":"Read Adobe APSB26-191 (Nov 10 2026): affected Connect 12.12 and earlier on Windows; patched builds per branch; no known exploitation; PR:N vector per Adobe. No social chatter checked (disclosed same day).","cites":["https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/connect/apsb26-191.html","https://www.cisecurity.org/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-adobe-products-could-allow-for-arbitrary-code-execution_2026-130"]}],"documents":[{"id":119650,"url":"https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/connect/apsb26-191.html","title":"APSB26-191 Security update available for Adobe Connect","kind":"advisory","source":"analyst","publisher":null,"text":"Adobe priority 2 update, Nov 10 2026. Affected: Adobe Connect 12.12 and earlier, Windows. Updated versions: 12.12.a, 12.11.i, 12.10.f, 12.9.a, 12.8.a. CVE-2026-121354: Path Traversal CWE-22, impact listed by Adobe: arbitrary code execution, critical, CVSS 9.9 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C. Credit: edra. Adobe not aware of exploits in the wild.","published_at":null,"relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":null},{"id":119329,"url":"https://www.cisecurity.org/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-adobe-products-could-allow-for-arbitrary-code-execution_2026-130","title":"MS-ISAC advisory 2026-130: Adobe products","kind":"other","source":"analyst","publisher":null,"text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"mentions","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"}