CVE-2026-82001 (GCVE-0-2026-82001)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 20:30 – Updated: 2026-09-11 21:27
VLAI
Title
Acrobat Reader | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
Summary
Acrobat Reader is affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, resulting in an application denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-11 21:27 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
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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