# CVE-2026-113526: Adobe After Effects violation of secure design principles arbitrary code execution

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-113526-after-effects-is-affected-by-a-violation-of-secure-design  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-11-10. Updated: 2026-11-10  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-113526 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.6 · Published 2026-11-10

Adobe After Effects, a professional video editing and motion graphics application, is affected by multiple high-severity vulnerabilities including improper input validation, path traversal, and buffer overflow flaws that allow arbitrary code execution. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted malicious file, leading to code execution with the privileges of the current user and potential system compromise.

Technologies: [Adobe After Effects](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/after-effects). Vendors: [Adobe](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/adobe).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-113526 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-113526 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-113526?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.6, published 10 November 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Adobe After Effects 26.5 and earlier.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-113526?** Yes: fixed in After Effects 27.0, 26.5.3. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-113526 attacked?** It is attacked with local access, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-113526?** Check whether you run Adobe After Effects at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- Fixed in After Effects 27.0, 26.5.3

## Technical details

CVE-2026-113526 is a violation of secure design principles (CWE-657) affecting After Effects; related issues include improper input validation (CVE-2026-113534), path traversal (CVE-2026-113532), and multiple out-of-bounds write and buffer overflow flaws. All require local access, no privileges, and user interaction to open a malicious file; exploitation results in arbitrary code execution within the user's context with changed scope. Adobe has patched these in After Effects 27.0 and 26.5.3.

## Affected products

- Adobe After Effects 26.5 and earlier

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html](https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html)

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- [Adobe After Effects out-of-bounds write vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-113538-after-effects-is-affected-by-an-out-of-bounds-write)
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