CVE-2026-81994: Adobe Acrobat

Medium severity, CVSS 6.3. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended access scope. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat: from 24.001.20604, before 24.001.30429 (fixed in 24.001.30429)
• Adobe Acrobat DC: from 15.008.20082, before 26.002.21901 (fixed in 26.002.21901)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from 15.008.20082, before 26.002.21901 (fixed in 26.002.21901)

Published 2026-09-08. Last modified 2026-09-10.