Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-7455 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-7455 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-7455?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 24 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Autodesk 3ds Max <UNKNOWN>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-7455?
- 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-2026-7455 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-7455?
- Check whether you run Autodesk 3ds Max 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
This is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Autodesk 3ds Max's FLT (OpenFlight) file parser. The vulnerability is triggered when a maliciously crafted FLT file is parsed by the application, allowing an attacker to write data beyond the intended buffer boundaries. The attack vector is local, requiring user interaction (opening a malicious file). Successful exploitation can result in application crash, data corruption, or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running 3ds Max. No patch information is currently available from the references provided.
Affected products
- Autodesk 3ds Max <UNKNOWN>
Timeline
- 2026-08-24: disclosed