Adobe Security Bulletin

Last updated on Jun 19, 2026

Security Updates Available for Adobe After Effects | APSB26-48

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

ASPB26-48

May 12, 2026

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Summary

Adobe has released an update for Adobe After Effects for Windows and macOS. This update addresses critical security vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for any of the issues addressed in these updates.

Affected Versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe After Effects

25.6.4 and earlier versions

Windows and macOS

Adobe After Effects

26.0 and earlier versions

Windows and macOS

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Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app's update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.

Product

Version

Platform

Priority Rating

Availability

Adobe After Effects

25.6.5

Windows and macOS

3

Download Center

Adobe After Effects

26.2

Windows and macOS

3

Download Center

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For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVSS base score

CVSS vector

CVE Numbers

Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-34642

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-34643

Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-34644

Acknowledgements

Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

yjdfy -- CVE-2026-34642, CVE-2026-34643, CVE-2026-34644

NOTE: Adobe has a public bug bounty program with HackerOne. If you are interested in working with Adobe as an external security researcher, please check out https://hackerone.com/adobe

For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.

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APSB26-48

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{**Priority 3**} Security update

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Created

2026-05-12