CVE•Published 2026-09-08•Modified 2026-09-10•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-81992Adobe · Acrobat

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 89% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Description

Acrobat Reader is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Timeline

Published 2026-09-08

Modified 2026-09-10

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-81992

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Adobe Acrobat"

All exposed Adobe Acrobat instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Acrobat"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Acrobat" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-81992