Is CVE-2026-48346 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-48346 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-48346?

High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.9, published 14 July 2026.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-48346?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

How is CVE-2026-48346 attacked?

It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-48346?

Check whether you run Adobe Animate 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.

CVE-2026-48346: Adobe Animate untrusted search path code execution

CVE-2026-48346 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.9 · Published 2026-07-14

Adobe Animate, a professional animation and multimedia authoring tool, is affected by a security flaw that could allow an attacker to take control of a user's computer. To exploit this, an attacker would need to trick a user into opening a specially crafted malicious file. If successful, the attacker could execute unauthorized commands or software with the same permissions as the logged-in user, potentially leading to data theft or further system compromise.

Technologies: Adobe Animate. Vendors: Adobe.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-48346 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-48346 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-48346?: High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.9, published 14 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Adobe Animate <= 23.0.15.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-48346?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-48346 attacked?: It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-48346?: Check whether you run Adobe Animate 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.

Technical details

Adobe Animate is vulnerable to an Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426) flaw. The vulnerability occurs when the application attempts to load a resource or library without specifying a fully qualified path, potentially allowing a local attacker to place a malicious file in a directory searched by the application. Exploitation requires a user to open a malicious file, leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Adobe has addressed this in Animate 2023 version 23.0.16 and Animate 2024 version 24.0.14.

Affected products

Adobe Animate 2023 <= 23.0.15
Adobe Animate 2024 <= 24.0.13

Timeline

2026-07-14: advisory: Adobe published security bulletin APSB26-83
2026-07-14: disclosed: CVE-2026-48346 published to NVD

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb26-83.html

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