Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2026 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2026-82001Acrobat Reader | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Acrobat 2024 from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	Adobe Acrobat	0 – through 26.002.21900
Adobe	Acrobat Reader	0 – through 26.002.21900
Adobe	Acrobat 2024	0 – through 24.001.30383

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html vendor-advisory