High Access control

CVE-2026-48348 — Animate | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

Animate is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.

Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: adobe

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

—

No EPSS score.

Affects

Adobe

Adobe Animate 2023 and 2 more

CVSS base

7.7

High · 2 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Adobe Adobe Animate 2023, Adobe Adobe Animate 2024, Adobe Animate).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (access control), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Adobe	Adobe Animate 2023	≤ 23.0.15	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Adobe	Adobe Animate 2024	≤ 24.0.13	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Adobe	Animate	≥ 23.0.0 and < 23.0.16≥ 24.0.0 and < 24.0.14	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

High

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
7.7	CVSS 3.1	High	1.0	6.0	psirt@adobe.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.7	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	adobe via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: psirt@adobe.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

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Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
Audit administrative actions and access to resources outside each user’s normal pattern.

endpoint telemetry (EDR)authentication logsapplication logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · adobe/adobe animate 2023, adobe/adobe animate 2024
Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 15, 2026
CVSS changed · 7.7
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Jul 14, 2026 · adobe

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026

References

1 on the record

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb26-83.html
Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Adobe
every CVE for this vendor

Access control
same class

CWE-863
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

High CVE-2026-76191 Animate | Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') (CWE-94) Sep 8, 2026
High CVE-2026-48349 Animate | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) Jul 14, 2026
High CVE-2026-48350 Animate | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) Jul 14, 2026
High CVE-2026-48345 Animate | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE-78) Jul 14, 2026
High CVE-2026-48346 Animate | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426) Jul 14, 2026
High CVE-2026-48347 Animate | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE-78) Jul 14, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No FIRST EPSS score.
No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-48348 is "Animate | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)", rated High. It affects Adobe Animate 2023 (Adobe); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.7 describes technical severity. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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