CVE•Published 2026-09-08•Modified 2026-09-10•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-81996Adobe · Acrobat
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
3
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 97% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Acrobat Reader is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-08
Modified 2026-09-10
External references
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-2026-81996Hosts 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-2026-81996Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-81996Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-81996Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-81996GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-81996" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.