CVE-2026-96393: Low severity Canva Affinity vulnerability

Published Oct 9, 2026
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Updated

The Affinity by Canva app before 3.3.1 (October 2026 release) did not perform adequate bounds checking when parsing Affinity document files, leading to an out-of-bounds pointer dereference. A threat actor could craft an Affinity document that, when opened by a user in Affinity, could result in an application crash.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Canva Affinity<3.3.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Affinity by Canva to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.3.1

Event History

Oct 9, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:35 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:35 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What must an attacker do to trigger this issue?

An attacker must craft a malicious Affinity document and get a user to open it in Affinity. Exploitation requires local access conditions, high attack complexity, and user interaction.

2

What impact is documented if the issue is exploited?

Opening the crafted document can cause an out-of-bounds pointer dereference and crash the application. The provided severity vector indicates low integrity and availability impact, with no confidentiality impact.

3

Which versions should be remediated?

Affinity versions before 3.3.1 are affected. Update to version 3.3.1 or later, identified as the October 2026 release.

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