Adobe Animate Code Injection Enables Local Code Execution
CVE-2026-76191 Published on September 8, 2026
Animate | Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') (CWE-94)
Animate is affected by an Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-76191 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
CVE-2026-76191 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-76191
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Affected Versions
Adobe Animate 2023:- Before and including 23.0.16 is affected.
- Version 23.0.17 is unaffected.
- Before and including 24.0.14 is affected.
- Version 24.0.15 is unaffected.