Adobe After Effects: Out-of-bounds read leads to memory disclosure
Summary
Adobe After Effects contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CWE-125) that can lead to disclosure of sensitive memory contents. An attacker can use a malicious file to read information from memory, with no impact on integrity or availability according to the CVSS vector. Exploitation requires a local user with no privileges to open the malicious file.
Affected
- Adobe After Effects 26.5 and earlier (Windows and macOS)
- Adobe After Effects 25.6.6 and earlier (Windows and macOS)
Fixed in
- Adobe After Effects 26.5.3 (26.x line)
- Adobe After Effects 27.0 (25.6.6 line and newer)
Workaround
Unknown.
Exploitation
- Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for any issue in APSB26-100.
- Not listed in CISA KEV at time of research.
- No public proof of concept found.
- CISA SSVC: exploitation none, automatable no, technical impact partial.
Our recommendation
- Update Adobe After Effects to 26.5.3 or 27.0 via Creative Cloud (priority 3, routine patching).
- Inventory systems with After Effects installed.
- Until patched, do not open project files or assets from unknown or untrusted sources.
- Monitor Adobe security bulletin APSB26-100 for updates.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-100 www.adobe.com
- CVE Record CVE-2026-113519 www.cve.org
- Zero Day Initiative November 2026 security update review www.thezdi.com
- Strix CVE-2026-113519 www.strix.ai
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 11 Nov 2026, 16:16.
Original description (NVD)
After Effects is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
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