CVE-2021-28570: Adobe After Effects

High severity, CVSS 8.6. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe After Effects version 18.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path element vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to to plant custom binaries and execute them with System permissions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

Affected products

• Adobe After Effects: up to and including 18.1

Published 2021-06-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.