Adobe Audition: Privilege escalation due to violation of secure design principles
Summary
Adobe Audition 26.5 and earlier and 25.6.6 and earlier on Windows and macOS contain a design flaw (CWE-657) that allows privilege escalation. A low-privileged local user can exploit it without user interaction, with a changed scope and a CVSS score of 8.7. Adobe reports no known exploitation in the wild for the issues in this update.
Affected
- Adobe Audition 26.5 and earlier (Windows and macOS)
- Adobe Audition 25.6.6 and earlier (Windows and macOS)
Fixed in
- Adobe Audition 27.0 (Windows and macOS), for both branches
- Adobe Audition 26.5.3 (Windows and macOS), as listed in the Adobe bulletin APSB26-102
Workaround
Unknown.
Exploitation
- Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for the issues in bulletin APSB26-102.
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none, not automatable, total technical impact.
- No public proof of concept found; treat this as unknown rather than none.
- Not known to be listed in CISA KEV in the sources checked.
Our recommendation
- Inventory all Audition installations, versions and users.
- Update to Adobe Audition 27.0 via the Adobe update channel or Download Center.
- Prioritise shared or multi-user workstations and systems with admin rights; limit Audition to users who need it.
- Re-check Adobe bulletin APSB26-102 and CISA KEV for changes.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-102 www.adobe.com
- CVE Record CVE-2026-113551 www.cve.org
- ZDI November 2026 security update review www.zerodayinitiative.com
- Audition release notes helpx.adobe.com
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, 01:01.
Original description (NVD)
Audition is affected by a Violation of Secure Design Principles vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain elevated access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
NVD references (1)
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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