Medium severity · published Sep 8, 2026
CVE-2026-82001
Acrobat Reader | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
A2
Acrobat 2024 · Adobe
through 24.001.30383 · source: vendor
AR
Acrobat Reader · Adobe
through 26.002.21900 · source: vendor
AA
Adobe Acrobat · Adobe
through 26.002.21900 · source: vendor
AC
Acrobat · Adobe
24.0.0 before 24.001.30429 · source: NVD
AD
Acrobat DC · Adobe
15.008.20082 before 26.002.21901 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader DC · Adobe
15.008.20082 before 26.002.21901 · source: NVD
Affected product
A2
Acrobat 2024
Adobe
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