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After Effects | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

7.8HighCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
No fix listed
Who is exposed
Specific setups only

Do first: Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs. Adobe After Effects 26.5 and earlier is affected. Adobe After Effects 25.6.6 and earlier is affected. Affected platforms are Windows and macOS.

Published
Last modified
Reference
Last checked
19/100 · provisional
Specific setups only
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Adobe After Effects has an out-of-bounds write flaw that lets an attacker run arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user. The attack works locally, without logging in, but only if a victim is tricked into opening a malicious file.

Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.

Read the original description

After Effects is affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Who should check

Teams running Adobe After Effects 26.5 and earlier or 25.6.6 and earlier on Windows or macOS, including creative workstations that open project or media files from outside sources.

Read the source excerpt

“26.5 and earlier”

adobe.com

cve.now Index

19Pcve.now Index 19 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation0/40No signal
  • Exposure5/25Specific setups only
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity8.8/10CVSS 7.8, total technical impact per CISA
  • No patch5/5No patch listed yet

What would change the score

  • Would score about 69 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 64 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 29 if CISA's SSVC rates it automatable

What to do

  • Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs.

    Adobe After Effects 26.5 and earlier is affected. Adobe After Effects 25.6.6 and earlier is affected. Affected platforms are Windows and macOS.
  • Workaround: The checked facts do not include a workaround or mitigation. Adobe's advisory should be consulted for any interim steps while no fix is listed.

Check your systems with an agent

Paste this into a coding or ops agent. It checks your systems read-only and reports a table per asset.

Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-113528 (After Effects | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-113528 (entry last updated 2026-11-10):
Affected:
- Adobe After Effects: through 26.5
- Adobe After Effects: through 25.6.6
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Conditions (all must be true for the bug to be hit):
- Adobe After Effects 26.5 and earlier is affected. (source: https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html)
- Adobe After Effects 25.6.6 and earlier is affected. (source: https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html)
- Affected platforms are Windows and macOS. (source: https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html)
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
Attacker needs: local access, no login, a user action.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-113528 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-113528 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-113528
For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example get_vulnerability with id CVE-2026-113528.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated
  4. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • Adobe After Effects

    through 26.5

  • Adobe After Effects

    through 25.6.6

Evidence 3

Vendor advisory · 1

Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.

  1. Advisory

CVE record · 2

Establishes: The identifier and description.

  1. Record
  2. Record

Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about CVE-2026-113528

Is CVE-2026-113528 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

What does this mean?

The facts do not describe what the bug does beyond its classification as an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787), so no plain-language explanation can be given from the checked facts.Source: adobe.com

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-113528?

After Effects: through 26.5. After Effects: through 25.6.6.Source: cve.now feed data

Am I affected, and how do I check?

Adobe After Effects 26.5 and earlier and Adobe After Effects 25.6.6 and earlier are affected, on Windows and macOS. To check your version, open the About After Effects entry in the application's Help menu and compare the number with these limits.Source: adobe.com

How do I fix CVE-2026-113528?

The checked facts do not name a fixed version or a vendor patch, so no specific upgrade target can be given from them. Check Adobe's advisory for the fixed release.Source: adobe.com

What if there's no patch?

The checked facts do not include a workaround or mitigation. Adobe's advisory should be consulted for any interim steps while no fix is listed.Source: adobe.com