CVE-2026-82001: Acrobat Reader | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

Q: What must an attacker do to trigger the denial of service?

The attacker must provide a malicious file and persuade the victim to open it in Acrobat Reader. The vulnerability has local attack vector and requires user interaction.

Q: What is the expected impact if exploitation succeeds?

Successful exploitation can exhaust system resources and cause Acrobat Reader to become unavailable. The provided impact information indicates availability impact only, with no stated confidentiality or integrity impact.

Published Sep 8, 2026

Updated

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, resulting in an application denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected Software

6 affected components

Acrobat Reader

All of the following

Any of the following

Adobe Acrobat>=24.0.0<24.001.30429

Adobe Acrobat DC>=15.008.20082<26.002.21901

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC>=15.008.20082<26.002.21901

Any of the following

Apple macOS

Microsoft Windows

Event History

Sep 8, 2026

CVE Published

via MITRE·08:30 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·08:30 PM

DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Data Sourced

via NVD·09:18 PM

DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What must an attacker do to trigger the denial of service?

The attacker must provide a malicious file and persuade the victim to open it in Acrobat Reader. The vulnerability has local attack vector and requires user interaction.

What is the expected impact if exploitation succeeds?